Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-284) and indexes.
Contents
1. Crosscurrents in early nineteenth-century criticism -- 2. Rise of the specialist press from 1827 -- 3. Early music -- 4. Austro-German tradition I: the reception of Gluck, Haydn and Mozart -- 5. Austro-German tradition II: the reception of Beethoven -- 6. Austro-German tradition III: Weber, Schubert and Mendelssohn -- 7. Contemporary music I: piano music -- 8. Contemporary music II: chamber and symphonic music -- 9. Contemporary music III: opera -- 10. Contemporary music IV: the music of the future -- 11. Contemporary music V: Berlioz -- 12. Conclusion.