Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792–1807

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• List of illustrations
• List of tables
• List of musical examples
• List of abbreviations
• Two intertwining family trees: the Habsburg-Lorraines of Austria and the Bourbons of Spain and Naples
• A note about quotations and transcriptions of documents
• Introduction
• 1. The empress as collector of music
• 2. Marie Therese's musicians
• 3. The empress as soprano
• 4. Private concerts
• 5. Celebrations of Franz's birthday and nameday
• 6. Musical caprice
• 7. Marie Therese's influence on music in the public sphere
• 8. The empress as conceiver, commissioner and shaper of musical works
• 9. Il conte Clo: a birthday cantata from inception to performance
• 10. Joseph Haydn and Beethoven between court and nobility
• Epilogue
• Appendix 1: Marie Therese's collection of church music
• Appendix 2: Marie Therese's musical diary, 1801-3
• Appendix 3: Paer's letters to the empress
• Appendix 4: Correspondence between Paisiello and Marie Therese
• Appendix 5: Documents pertaining to the development and performance of Paer's Il conte Clo
• Bibliography
• Index.