Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792–1807
- Author: Rice, John
a pioneering study of this neglected musician and patron ... A warm and attractive portrait of the empress emerges from this study ... Rice's is a model study of an enchanting subject —
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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.