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Jones, David Wyn - Symphony In Beethoven's Vienna

Symphony In Beethoven's Vienna

By: Jones, David Wyn (Author). Cambridge University Press. Published: 03/08/2006. Audience Guide: Professional & Scholarly.
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An original study of the history of the symphony in Vienna during Beethoven's lifetime, this book explores the context in which the composer worked. Based on an extensive study of the wider symphonic repertoire of the period and of the characteristics of musical life that shaped the changing fortunes of the genre, from manuscript and printed dissemination to concert life, David Wyn Jones provides a multi-faceted account of the development of the symphony in one of the most crucial periods in its history. The volume offers a wide perspective on musical development in the period, and will be of interest to musicologists and cultural historians. As well as dealing with unfamiliar works by Czerny, Eberl, Krommer, Reicha, Anton Wranitzky, Paul Wranitzky and others, it charts the changing reception of the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart, and offers new insights into the symphonic careers of Beethoven and Schubert.

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ISBN10/13: 0521862612/9780521862615
TITLE: Symphony in Beethoven's Vienna, The
CONTRIBUTORS: Jones, David Wyn (Author)
EDITION: New title
IMPRINT: Cambridge University Press
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 03/08/2006
SUBJECT: Music, Orchestras, Theory and History
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 162mm x 235mm
PAGES: 244
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Professional & Scholarly
ILLUSTRATIONS: 7 half-tones 8 music examples
CONTENTS:

1. Setting the scene; 2. Selling symphonies; 3. Performing symphonies; 4. A tale of two brothers: Anton and Paul Wranitzky; 5. Loose ends and false beginnings; 6. A rare and rarefied genre; 7. Beethoven and the decline of the symphony; 8. The reformulation of the symphony and Beethoven; List of sources, thematic catalogues and modern editions; Bibliography.