great transformation of musical taste
Subtitle: concert programming from Haydn to Brahms
By: William Weber.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780521882606
Subjects: Concerts -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Concerts -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; Music -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century; Music -- Social aspects -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: Miscellany and collegiality, 1750-1800. Concepts and contexts ; Variations on miscellany; title: Crisis and experiment, 1800-1848. Musical idealism and the crisis of the old order ; The rise of the chamber music concert ; Convention and experiment in benefit and virtuoso concerts ; Toward classical repetory in orchestral concerts ; Promenade concerts: rise of the "pops"; title: Founding a new order, 1848-1875. Classical music achieves hegemony ; Vocal music for the general public ; Epilogue: state of the musical community in 1914.