{"product_id":"music-and-the-sonorous-sublime-in-european-culture-16801880-9781108708043","title":"Music and the Sonorous Sublime in European","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA historically situated study of the relationship between music, sound and the sublime, this book embraces familiar works and composers, such as Handel, C. P. E. Bach, Haydn and Wagner, but also explores less familiar repertory and source material. Performers and audiences are also considered as agents and sites of sublime experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'... carefully presented ...' Agathe Sueur, translated from Revue de musicologie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSonorous sublimes: an introduction Sarah Hibberd and Miranda Stanyon; 1. Thunder or celestial harmony: French theological debates on the sonorous sublime Sophie Hache; 2. 'A pleasing rape': John Dennis, music and the queer sublime Matthew Head; 3. The idea of the past in eighteenth-century British music Suzanne Aspden; 4. C. P. E. Bach and the neoclassical sublime: revisions of a concept Keith Chapin; 5. Cherubini's Médée and sublime vengeance Sarah Hibberd; 6. When does the sublime stop? Cavatinas and quotations in Haydn's Seasons Elaine Sisman; 7. Counterfeits, contraltos and consonance in De Quincey's sublime Miranda Stanyon; 8. The consecration of sound: sublime musical creation in Haydn, Weber and Spohr Benedict Taylor; 9. Commanding performances: opera, surrogation and the royal sublime in 1848 Dana Gooley; 10. Wagner's sublime effects: bells, cannon and the perception of heavy sound David Trippett.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019410932055,"sku":"9781108708043","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108708043.jpg?v=1750780191","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/music-and-the-sonorous-sublime-in-european-culture-16801880-9781108708043","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}