Strunk's Source Readings in Music History: The Nineteenth Century (Revised Edition) (Vol. 6)

by Treitler, Leo; Solie, Ruth

• ISBN13: 9780393966992
• ISBN10: 0393966992
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

When music of the nineteenth century is subsumed, as it often is, under the label "Romantic era," our attention is focused on the "genius" composer, the creative process, and its fruits. But the period itself witnessed great concern for social, intellectual, and cultural matters as they affected music. From the many perceptive writings of the time, Ruth A. Solie has chosen works by--among others--writers Jean Paul, George Eliot, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; journalists and critics Margaret Fuller, J. S. Dwight, and Eduard Hanslick; music theorist A. B. Marx; scientist Hermann Helmholz; pianist Amy Fay; abolitionist Frederick Douglass; and composers from Berlioz to Dvorak. Whether dealing with gender metaphors or "music of the future," these thoughtful readings illuminate the wide-ranging ideas of a remarkable age in music history. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Notes and Abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction	p. 3
The Romantic Artist
from Elementary Course in Aesthetics	p. 13
"The Remarkable Musical Life of the Musician Joseph Berglinger"	p. 19
from "Lives of the Great Composers"	p. 30
from Daniel Deronda	p. 34
The Music of the Future
from Philosophy of Music	p. 43
from The Artwork of the Future	p. 52
from The Music of the Nineteenth Century	p. 70
Music Criticism
"The Concert of Monsieur Chopin from Warsaw"	p. 81
"Rossini's William Tell"	p. 83
from Davidsbundlerblatter	p. 99
from Berlioz and His "Harold" Symphony	p. 116
"The National Peace Jubilee"	p. 133
Musical Meaning and Expression
"Beethoven's Instrumental Music"	p. 151
An Exchange of Letters	p. 156
from Vom Musikalisch-Schonen	p. 160
from The Power of Sound	p. 169
Music Theory and Pedagogy
from The Theory of Musical Composition	p. 181
from On the Sensations of Tone	p. 189
from Music-Study in Germany	p. 198
Musical Encounters
"Music in America"	p. 207
from My Bondage and My Freedom	p. 216
from Primitive Music	p. 220
Index	p. 229
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