The characteristic symphony in the age of Haydn and Beethoven /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Will, Richard James
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:	New perspectives in music history and criticism.
Subjects:	Symphony > 18th century. Symphony > 19th century. Music > 18th century > Philosophy and aesthetics. Music > 19th century > Philosophy and aesthetics. Program music.

Table of Contents:

Paradise lost: Dittersdorf's Four ages of the world and the crisis of Austrian enlightened despotism
Preaching without words: reform Catholicism versus divine mystery in Haydn's Seven last words
Boundaries of the art: characteristic music in contemporary criticism and aesthetics
Paradise regained: time, morality, and humanity in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
Making memories: symphonies of war, death, and celebration
Appendixes: 1. Thematic index of characteristic symphonies
Pastoral symphonies and movements
Symphonies and movements by subject.