The Viennese Minor-Key Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Mozart
- Author: Riley, Matthew
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Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables, figures and music examples
- 1 The Viennese minor-key symphony
- 2 Imperial court composers: Wagenseil, Gassmann, Ordonez
- 3 Va?hal to 1771: five first movements
- 4. Two subgeneric conventions: the contrapuntal minuet, the stormy finale
- 5. Studies in Haydn's minor-key symphonies 1763-1772
- 6. Va?hal's new paths: four later symphonies
- 7. Modal reversal and characteristic symphonies
- 8. Mozart and the minor-key symphony
- Glossary of analytical terms
- Appendix 1 Thematic catalogues consulted for the information in Table 1.1
- Appendix 2 Sources of the symphonies used for analysis
- CD recordings
- Bibliography
- Index
