The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music
- Editor: Samson, Jim
a comprehensive, impressive overview of the music of the period in question ... Jim Samson has assembled an equally impressive selection of Anglo-American musicological minds to write it with... — More…
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Contents
- Chronology;
- Part I . 1800-1850:
- 1. The musical work and nineteenth-century history Jim Samson;
- 2. Music and the rise of aesthetics Andrew Bowie;
- 3. The profession of music John Rink;
- 4. The opera industry Roger Parker;
- 5. The construction of Beethoven K. M. Knittel;
- 6. Music and the poetic Julian Rushton;
- 7. The invention of tradition John Irving;
- 8. Choral music John Butt;
- 9. The consumption of music Derek Carew;
- 10. The great composer Jim Samson;
- Part II . 1850-1900:
- 11. Progress, modernity, and the concept of an avant-garde John Williamson;
- 12. Music as ideal: the aesthetics of autonomy Max Paddison;
- 13. The structures of musical life Katharine Ellis;
- 14. Opera and music drama Thomas Grey;
- 15. Beethoven reception: the symphonic tradition James Hepokoski;
- 16. Words and music in France and Germany Susan Youens;
- 17. Chamber music and piano Jonathan Dunsby;
- 18. Choral culture and the regeneration of the organ John Butt;
- 19. Music and social class Derek B. Scott;
- 20. Nations and nationalism Jim Samson;
- 21. Styles and languages around the turn of the century Anthony Pople.