The century of Bach and Mozart : perspectives on historiography, composition, theory, and performance / edited by Sean Gallagher, Thomas Forrest Kelly.
| Other author | Gallagher, Sean, 1965- |
| Other author | Kelly, Thomas Forrest. |
| Other author | Wolff, Christoph. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Department of Music : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008. |
| Description | xi, 427 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Isham Library papers ; 7 Harvard publications in music ; 22 Harvard publications in music ; 22. ^A78369 Isham Library papers ; 7. ^A682870 |
| Contents | Part I. Eighteenth-century music in its intellectual contexts. The German eighteenth century: marking time / David Blackbourn ; Fundamenta partiturae: thorough bass and foundations of eighteenth-century composition pedagogy / Thomas Christensen ; Mishmash or synthesis?: on the psychagogic form of The Creation / Hermann Danuse (translated by Nicolas Betson) ; Six of one: the opus concept in the eighteenth century / Elaine Sisman -- Part II. Composing and hearing music in the eighteenth century. Bach's passions and the textures of time / John Butt ; Bach and hypocrisy: appearance and truth in Cantatas 136 and 179 / Eric Chafe ; Tartini and his texts / Sergio Durate -- Part III. Sources.and transmission. The evolution of "Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär" BWV 80/5 / Daniel R. Melamed ; Bach and Mozart: from the perspective of different documentary evidence / Hans-Joachim Schulze ; On Johann Sebastian Bach's creative process: observations from his drafts and sketches / Peter Wollny ; One more time: Mozart and his cadenzas / Neal Zaslaw -- Part IV. Issues in historiography. On ancient languages: the historical idiom in the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Ulrich Konrad (translated by Thomas Irvine) ; Eighteenth-century music as a socio-political metaphor? / Reinhard Strohm ; The century of Handel and Haydn / James Webster ; Mozart's fantasy, Haydn's caprice: what's in a name? / Gretchen Wheelock -- Part V. Interpreting eighteenth-century music. The clavier speaks / Christopher Hogwood ; Ten years of Bach cantatas / Ton Koopman ; Mozart's working methods in the piano concertos / Robert Levin. |
| Abstract | Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stand as representatives of European music of the eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesthetic trends of the period. Research on their compositions continues in many ways to shape our broader understanding of eighteenth century musical thought and its contexts. This collection of essays offers a variety of perspectives on the two composers, as well as some of their important contemporaries, Haydn in particular. The book addersses topics such as the historiography of eighteenth-century music, concepts of time and musical form, the idea of the musical work and its relation to publishing practices, compositional process, and performance practice. |
| General note | "In honor of Christoph Wolff"--Cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2007047106 |
| ISBN | 0964031736 |
| ISBN | 9780964031739 |
| ISBN | 9780964031753 |
| ISBN | 0964031752 |
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