Music in the Nineteenth Century

by Walter Frisch

Book Overview

Music in the Nineteenth Century examines the period from the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the advent of Modernism in the 1890s. Frisch traces a complex web of relationships involving composers, performers, publishers, notated scores, oral traditions, audiences, institutions, cities, and nations. The book's central themes include middle-class involvement in music, the rich but elusive concept of Romanticism, the cult of virtuosity, and the ever-changing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393929191
• ISBN13: 9780393929195
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"