Music in eighteenth-century Austria
By: edited by David Wyn Jones.
Contributors: Wyn Jones, David.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Music -- Austria -- 18th century -- Congresses
Description: The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. This volume of twelve essays by leading international scholars covers some of the musical traditions and practices of this little-understood period of music history.

Beginning with the early decades of the eighteenth century, the volume documents selected aspects of musical life and style from the late Baroque period to the early years of the nineteenth century. The four main areas covered in this exploration of new territories in music history are orchestral music, sacred music, opera and keyboard music.

Georg Reutter (Haydn's teacher), Antonio Salieri (Mozart's colleague) and Joseph Wolfl (a rival of Beethoven) are only three of the prominent musicians of the period who are discussed at length.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Originally presented as papers at an international conference organized by the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Musical Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, and held at Dyffryn House, near Cardiff, in July 1991"--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / David Wyn Jones; title: Overture, symphony, and concerto. The trumpet overture and sinfonia in Vienna (1715-1822) / A. Peter Brown. The early classical violin concerto in Austria / Chappell White; title: Traditions in sacred music. Haydn's Missa sunt bona mixta malis and the a cappella tradition / David Wyn Jones. Johann Baptist Vanhal and the pastoral Mass tradition / Bruce MacIntyre. The Austrian pastorella and the stylus rusticanus / Geoffrey Chew; title: Opera and drama. The applausus musicus, or Singgedicht / Robert N. Freeman. The operas of Antonio Salieri as a reflection of Viennese opera, 1770-1800 / John A. Rice. Lorenzo Da Ponte's Viennese librettos / Konrad Küster. Viennese amateur or London professional? / Julian Ruston; title: Pianos and pianism. The Viennese fortepiano in the eighteenth century / Eva Badura-Skoda. The Beethoven-Wölfl piano duel / Tia DeNora.