Haydn Studies
Haydn Studies
Haydn Studies deals with many new aspects of a composer who is perennially fresh. It concentrates principally on matters of reception, style and aesthetics and presents many radical new readings of the composer's work. Contributions by both established Haydn scholars and others who are new to the field combine to give a stronger sense than is generally understood of the composer's immense significance.
- Contains interesting readings of Haydn's music
- A wide variety of subject areas and works covered
- Contains contributions by established scholars and those fresh to the field
Reviews & endorsements
'Holloway's piece is the most inspiring short essay on the composer I ever hope to read, and itself provides an urgent reason why any Haydn-lover should acquire this book.' BBC Music
'W. Dean Sutcliffe deserves much praise for assembling such an impressive collection.' The Times Literary Supplement
Product details
November 2006Paperback
9780521028356
360 pages
227 × 150 × 21 mm
0.525kg
15 tables 110 music examples
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Editor's note
- 1. The consequences of presumed innocence: the nineteenth-century reception of Joseph Haydn Leon Botstein
- 2. Haydn's sacred vocal music and the aesthetics of salvation James Webster
- 3. Sentiment and sensibility in La vera costanza Jessica Waldoff
- 4. Haydn as Romantic: a chemical experiment with instrumental music Daniel K. L. Chua
- 5. Haydn's 'Cours complet de la composition' and the Sturm und Drang Mark Evan Bonds
- 6. Haydn's reversals: style change, gesture and the implication-realization model Michael Spitzer
- 7. Haydn's symphonies between Sturm und Drang and 'Classical style': art and entertainment James Webster
- 8. The Haydn piano trio: textual facts and textural principles W. Dean Sutcliffe
- 9. Papa Doc's recap caper: Haydn and temporal dyslexia George Edwards
- 10. Haydn: the musicians' musician Robin Holloway
- Index.
