Musical Life in Biedermeier Vienna. [Illustr.] (1. Publ.) - Cambridge [usw.]: Cambridge Univ. Press (1985). 241 S. 8°
Musical Life in Biedermeier Vienna. [Illustr.] (1. Publ.) - Cambridge [usw.]: Cambridge Univ. Press (1985). 241 S. 8°

Author: Alice M. Hanson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780521257992

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This book examines the impact of the daily life, political climate and artistic institutions of Vienna on its musicians and musical tastes between 1815 and 1830. Emphasis is given to Beethoven, Schubert, Paganini and Johann Strauss where their careers reflect typically Viennese musical life and when Viennese conventions may explain important turns in their lives. Attention is also paid to the incomes, service contracts and welfare of lesser-known musicians of the same period. An entire chapter is devoted to the regulation of music by the Austrian government, secret police and censors, since this period coincides with the height of Metternich's political power. Although the study is mainly intended for music historians and listeners, the book should also interest the Austrian, literary, theatre and political historian. Furthermore, the research presented here suggests that many of the intriguing questions and social issues in Vienna at the end of the nineteenth century, currently widely discussed by Schorske, Toulim and McGrath, are already present in Vienna in 1815.

Sociologists and Music
Sociologists and Music

Author: Paul Honigsheim

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-14

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1000947165

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Sociologists have always been fascinated with music. In one way or another they have encountered music as an important social force in its own right, as an accompaniment or byproduct of phenomena they studied (such as youth culture or the drug scene), or as a means for obtaining social compliance (as in religious ceremonies or in the military). This book goes one step toward remedying this situation by culling the existing literature for building blocks toward introducing sociological synthesis and by presenting the English version of the extensive writings on music and society by Paul Honigsheim.

The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music
The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music

Author: André De Quadros

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-08-16

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0521111730

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Bringing together perspectives on history, global activity and professional development, this Companion provides a unique overview of choral music.

Carl Maria von Weber and the Search for a German Opera
Carl Maria von Weber and the Search for a German Opera

Author: Stephen C. Meyer

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2003-01-17

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0253109620

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Stephen C. Meyer details the intricate relationships between the operas Der FreischÃ1⁄4tz and Euryanthe, and contemporary discourse on both the "Germany of the imagination" and the new nation itself. In so doing, he presents excerpts from a wide range of philosophical, political, and musical writings, many of which are little known and otherwise unavailable in English. Individual chapters trace the multidimensional concept of German and "foreign" opera through the 19th century. Meyer's study of Der FreischÃ1⁄4tz places the work within the context of emerging German nationalism, and a chapter on Euryanthe addresses the opera's stylistic and topical shifts in light of changing cultural and aesthetic circumstances. As a result, Meyer argues that the search for a new German opera was not merely an aesthetic movement, but a political and social critique as well.