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Book SynopsisFrom local Kapellmeister to international icon, Joseph Haydn achieved success by developing a musical language aimed at both the connoisseurs and amateurs of the emerging musical public. This work examines Haydn's works in relation to the aesthetic and cultural crosscurrents of his time.
Trade Review"The articles ... are linked by recurring themes and concepts, beyond Haydn, which become increasingly refined as they become illuminated from different disciplinary perspectives... highly recommended for anyone interested in eighteenth-century culture."--German Studies Review
Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsHaydn, Shakespeare, and the Rules of Originality3The Creation, Haydn's Late Vocal Music, and the Musical Sublime57Haydn's London Piano Trios and His Salomon String Quartets: Private vs. Public?103The Symphony as Pindaric Ode131Representing the Aristocracy: The Operatic Haydn and Le pescatrici154Haydn as Orator: A Rhetorical Analysis of His Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Hob.XVI:42201The Demise of Philosophical Listening: Haydn in the Nineteenth Century255A Yearbook of Music in Vienna and Prague 1796ISpecial Friends, Protectors, and Connoisseurs in ViennaIIVirtuosos and Amateurs in ViennaIIIAmateur Concerts289Remarks on the Development of the Art of Music in Germany in the Eighteenth Century (1801)321Joseph Haydn's Library: An Attempt at a Literary-Historical Reconstruction395Index463List of Contributors473
