The Cambridge Companion to Haydn
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Companions to Music
ISBN-10
0521833477
ISBN-13
9780521833479
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 24th, 2005
Print length
338 Pages
Weight
736 grams
Dimensions
18.30 x 25.40 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
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An introduction to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn with chapters on Haydn and his contemporaries, reception, keyboard performance practices, and posthumous reputation. Essays also focus on recorded performances, revivals of his operas, the major genres in which Haydn wrote and the lesser known operas.
This Companion provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn. Readers will gain an understanding of the changing social, cultural, and political spheres in which Haydn studied, worked, and nurtured his creative talent. Distinguished contributors provide chapters on Haydn and his contemporaries, his working environments in Eisenstadt and Eszterháza, and humor and exoticism in Haydn''s oeuvre. Chapters on the reception of his music explore keyboard performance practices, Haydn''s posthumous reputation, sound recordings and images of his symphonies. The book also surveys the major genres in which Haydn wrote, including symphonies, string quartets, keyboard sonatas and trios, sacred music, miscellaneous vocal genres, and operas composed for Eszterháza and London.
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