Haydn and the Enlightenment

The Late Symphonies and Their Audience
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-19-816682-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 383 g

Reihe: Oxford Monographs on Music

This book sets out to challenge the widely-held view of Haydn as an inspired instrumental musician who composed in isolation from eighteenth-century enlightened thinking. By means of both documentary and musical investigation the author seeks instead to present him as a culturally and politically sensitive representative of the Age of the Enlightenment. Of fundamental importance in this survey is Haydn's relationship with his audience, which, it is argued, had a significant bearing on the nature of the works. The author suggests that Haydn was well acquainted with the contemporary view that works of literature or music should serve a moral function and he points to numerous instances in the late symphonies where this end is effectively pursued.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schroeder, David P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassik (ca. 1750-1830)
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I: Haydn and Enlightened Thought: Haydn and Shaftesbury: Music and morality; Pre-English literary influences; The Lodge 'Zur wahren Eintracht'; Opera, rhetoric, and Rittergedichte; String quartets, OP. 33: 'A New and Special Way'; Theory versus practice: Aesthetics and instrumental music; Symphonic ascent: Pre-Paris to the Loge Olympique; Part II: Audience Reception and England: The composer-audience relationship; Haydn and the English audience; Part III: The Symphonies: Symphonic intelligibility and sonata form; Melodic sources and musical images; Symphonies and the Salomon concerts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index