The Cambridge History of Music Criticism

Contents

• Part I . The Early History of Music Criticism:
• 1. Speaking of plainsong in the Middle Ages Christopher Page;
• 2. Music criticism in the Late-Medieval and Renaissance era Stefano Mengozzi;
• 3. Musical discourse in Italy 1500-1800 Carrie Churnside;
• 4. Music criticism in France before the Revolution Charles Dill;
• 5. Music criticism in Britain up to Burney Rebecca Herissone;
• 6. German Music criticism before 1800 Stephen Rose;
• Part II . The Rise of the Press:
• 7. French music criticism in the nineteenth century, 1789-1870 Mark A. Pottinger;
• 8. Gatekeeping, advocacy, reflection: overlapping voices in nineteenth-century British music criticism Leanne Langley;
• 9. Constructing a musical nation: German-language criticism in the nineteenth century Laura Tunbridge;
• 10. Music criticism in nineteenth-century Italy Alexandra Wilson;
• 11. Music criticism in Imperial Russia Emily Frey;
• Part III . Critical Influence and Influences:
• 12. Critiquing the canon: the role of criticism in canon formation Laura Hamer;
• 13. Comparing notes: recording and criticism Christopher Dingle;
• 14. The gender paradox: criticism of women and women as critics Laura Hamer;
• Part IV . Entering the Twentieth Century:
• 15. Music criticism in the United States and Canada up to the Second World War Mark McKnight;
• 16. Music criticism in Portugal: towards an overview Paulo F. de Castro;
• 17. Spanish music criticism in the twentieth century: writing music history in real time Eva Moreda Rodriguez;
• 18. Critical battlegrounds in the French Third Republic Delphine Mordey;
• 19. British music criticism, 1890-1945 Paul Watt;
• 20. Music criticism in Norway Per Dahl;
• 21. Aesthetic conservatism and politics in German music criticism, 1900-1945 Karen Painter;
• 22. Music criticism in Hungary until WWII Lynn M. Hooker;
• 23. The 'people' in Czech and Slovak music criticism Kelly St Pierre;
• Part V . New Areas:
• 24. Jazz criticism in America Mark Racz;
• 25. Catalysing Latin American identities: Alejo Carpentier's music criticism as a Cuban case study Caroline Rae;
• 26. Writing about popular music Simon Frith;
• 27. Working in the cool capitalism complex: the role of critics in the world music field Timothy D. Taylor;
• 28. Cultural anxieties, aspirational cosmopolitanism and capacity building: music criticism in Singapore Shzr Ee Tan;
• Part VI . Developments since the Second World War:
• 29. Music criticism in the USSR from Asafyev to Cherednichenko Peter J. Schmelz;
• 30. The Feuilleton and beyond: criticism in the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria after the Second World War Mark Berry;
• 31. Music criticism in Italy in the twentieth century Raffaele Pozzi;
• 32. Wider still and wider: British music criticism since the Second World War Christopher Dingle;
• 33. Music criticism in France since the Second World War Christopher Brent Murray;
• 34. Old divisions and new debates: music criticism in post-war America Sophie Redfern;
• 35. Stop the press? The changing media of criticism Christopher Dingle and Dominic McHugh.