Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century

by Bryan Proksch

By the 1840s Joseph Haydn, who died in 1809 as the most celebrated composer of his generation, had degenerated into the bewigged "Papa Haydn," a shallow placeholder in music history who merely invented the forms used by Beethoven. In a remarkable reversal, Haydn swiftly regained his former stature within the opening decades of the twentieth century. Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century examines both the decline and the subsequent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580465129
• ISBN13: 9781580465120
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"