Haydn and the Enlightenment

Haydn and the Enlightenment

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Zusammenfassung

Sixty examples of Haydn's music are presented in this book. His music is examined in relation to its 18th-century cultural background, looking at morality, literary influences and the composer-audience relationship. Exploring his symphonies, the book covers musical imagery and melodic sources.

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Haydn and the Enlightenment by Schroeder

This book sets out to challenge the widely-held view of Haydn as an inspired instrumental musician who composed in isolation from eighteenth-century enlightened thinking. By means of both documentary and musical investigation the author seeks instead to present him as a culturally and politically sensitive representative of the Age of the Enlightenment. Of fundamental importance in this survey is Haydn's relationship with his audience, which, it is argued, had a significant bearing on the nature of the works. The author suggests that Haydn was well acquainted with the contemporary view that works of literature or music should serve a moral function and he points to numerous instances in the late symphonies where this end is effectively pursued.
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ISBN 13 9780198166825
ISBN 10 0198166826
Titel Haydn and the Enlightenment
Autor Schroeder
Serie Clarendon Paperbacks
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1997-10-16
Seitenanzahl 230
Hinweis auf dem Einband Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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