| Description |
xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
"Originally presented as papers at an international conference organized by the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Musical Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, and held at Dyffryn House, near Cardiff, in July 1991"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / David Wyn Jones -- Part I. Overture, symphony, and concerto: 2. The trumpet overture and sinfonia in Vienna (1715-1822): rise, decline and reformulation / A. Peter Brown ; 3. The early Classical violin concerto in Austria / Chappell White -- Part II. Traditions in sacred music: 4. Haydn's Missa sunt bona mixta malis and the a cappella tradition / David Wyn Jones ; 5. Johann Baptist Vanhal and the pastoral Mass tradition / Bruce MacIntyre ; 6. The Austrian pastorella and the stylus rusticanus: comic and pastoral elements in Austrian music, 1750-1800 / Geoffrey Chew -- Part III. Opera and drama: 7. The applausus musicus, or Singgedicht: a neglected genre of eighteenth-century musical theatre / Robert N. Freeman ; 8. The operas of Antonio Salieri as a reflection of Viennese opera, 1770-1800 / John A. Rice ; 9. Lorenzo da Ponte's Viennese librettos / Konrad Küster ; 10. Viennese amateur or London professional? A reconsideration of Haydn's tragic cantata Arianna a Naxos / Julian Ruston -- Part IV. Pianos and pianism: 11. The Viennese fortepiano in the eighteenth century / Eva Badura-Skoda ; 12. The Beethoven-Wölfl piano duel / Tia DeNora. |
| Subject |
Music -- Austria -- 18th century -- Congresses.
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Music. |
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Austria. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Wyn Jones, David.
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| Added Title |
Music in 18th-century Austria |
| ISBN |
0521453496 hardback |
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