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Music in the Classical World: Genre, Culture, and History

  • Author: Boer, Bertil van

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Contents

  • Preface
  • PART I Music and Style in the Classical Period / 1 Defining the Classical Period / 2 The Emergence of the New Styles of Classical Period Music /
  • PART II New Developments, Convergences, and Genres in the Classical Period / 3 The Expansion of the Orchestra and the Development of the Instruments / 4 Genre as the Core of Musical Development: Orchestral Works / 5 Genre as the Core of Musical Developme
  • PART III Opera! The Development of Popular, Nationalist, and Exotic Entertainment / 6 The Structure and Meaning of Italian Opera in the Classical Period / 7 Opera in France, Germany, and Elsewhere: Escaping the Past for an Exotic Future / 8 Sacred Music
  • PART IV Capitals and Centers of Music-Making in the Classical Period / 9 Urban Musical Centers and Their Musical Establishments / 10 Cities and Courts on the Periphery / 11 From Universal Composer to Icon: Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart /
  • PART V Music for the People: Music as a Social Phenomenon in the Classical Period / 12 The Folk and Their Music Register of Names / Selected Reading /
  • Glossary /
  • Index