The symphony in Beethoven's Vienna / David Wyn Jones

• 1. Setting the scene ; 2. Selling symphonies ; 3. Performing symphonies; 4. A tale of two brothers : Anton and Paul Wranitzky ; 5. Loose ends and false beginnings ; 6. A rare and rarefied genre ; 7. Beethoven and the decline of the symphony ; 8. The reformulation of the symphony and Beethoven. 

• An original study of the history of the symphony in Vienna during Beethoven's lifetime, this book explores the context in which the composer worked. Based on an extensive study of the wider symphonic repertoire of the period and of the characteristics of musical life that shaped the changing fortunes of the genre, from manuscript and printed dissemination to concert life, David Wyn Jones provides a multi-faceted account of the development of the symphony in one of the most crucial periods in its history 

Ämnesord

Musikförlag och musikhandel  -- Europa (sao)

Symfonier  -- 1800-talet (sao)

Musikliv  -- Wien -- 1800-talet (sao)

Personnamn

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Klassifikation

784.184 (DDC)

780.9033 (DDC)

780.9 (DDC)

Ijma (kssb/8)

Ijb.45 (kssb/8)

Ijb-fbz Wien (kssb/8)