| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 350 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Oxford history of music, vol. V
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Oxford history of music (2nd ed.) ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
I. On the general condition of taste in the eighteenth century -- II. Instruments and virtuosi -- III. The conflict of styles -- IV. Gluck and the reform of the opera -- V. The opera from Mozart to Weber -- VI. Oratorio and church music -- VII. The instrumental forms: C.P.E. Bach and the growth of the sonata -- VIII. The instrumental forms (continued): The early symphonies and quartets of Haydn -- IX. The instrumental forms (continued): Haydn and Mozart -- X. The instrumental forms (continued): Beethoven -- XI. The instrumental forms (continued): Schubert and the later contemporaries of Beethoven -- XII. Song. |
| Subject |
Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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