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

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Preface -- PART I Music and Style in the Classical Period -- 1 Defining the Classical Period -- What's in a Name? -- The Chronological Conundrum -- Parallels of the Late Baroque and Early Classical Periods -- Definitions and the Rise of Theory, Aesthetics, and Musical Pedagogy -- 2 The Emergence of the New Styles of Classical Period Music -- National Styles -- The Italian Style -- The French Style -- The German Style -- Style Trends: Galant and Empfindsamkeit -- Sturm und Drang: The Passionate Musical-­Dramatic Embrace -- High Classicism -- PART II New Developments, Convergences, and Genres in the Classical Period -- 3 The Expansion of the Orchestra and the Development of the Instruments -- Development of Instruments and Performance Techniques -- The Strings -- The Woodwinds -- Brass and Percussion -- Keyboard Instruments -- The Voice -- The Expansion of the Orchestra -- Performance Practice -- 4 Genre as the Core of Musical Development: Orchestral Works -- The Concerto and Sinfonia Concertante -- The Symphony and Its Offspring -- The Symphony: Social Context -- The Symphony: Types and Formats -- Structures and Instrumentation -- The Symphony Emerges, 1730-1750 -- The Symphony in Full Bloom, 1750-1780 -- The Symphony of the Future, 1780-1800 -- The Symphony's Relatives -- 5 Genre as the Core of Musical Development: Chamber Music -- Music for Professionals and Amateurs: The Rise of Chamber Genres -- Sonata, What Do You Want from Me?" -- The Major Instrumental Chamber Genres: Duos, Trios, Quartets, Quintets, and Beyond -- The Chamber Vocal Genres: The Rise of the Lied -- PART III Opera! The Development of Popular, Nationalist, and Exotic Entertainment -- 6 The Structure and Meaning of Italian Opera in the Classical Period.

Popular Opera as Musical Business and Taste -- Baroque Opera Versus Classical Opera: The Battle of the Genres -- Opera in Italy: Old Versus New, Local Versus International -- 7 Opera in France, Germany, and Elsewhere: Escaping the Past for an Exotic Future -- Opera in France: From Lully to Gluck and Beyond: Crisis, Controversy, and Social Commentary -- Opera in Germany: Defining Nationalism Without a Nation -- Opera Goes Global: The Importance of National Cultural Definition -- Turkish" Opera -- Opera in England -- Opera in Scandinavia -- Opera in Russia -- Opera in Iberia -- Opera in the Americas -- 8 Sacred Music in the Era of Secularism -- Church Music for Secular Glory or Devout Worship -- Catholic Church Genres: Liturgical and Nonliturgical Music -- Music in the Monasteries and Elsewhere: Serving God and the Flock -- The Protestant Church Genres: The Fall of the Cantata and Rise of the Secular -- Church Music of Other Realms: Between the Orthodox and Paradox -- Conclusion -- PART IV Capitals and Centers of Music-­Making in the Classical Period -- 9 Urban Musical Centers and Their Musical Establishments -- The Proud Hubs: Vienna, Paris, Berlin, London -- Vienna -- Paris -- Berlin -- London -- The Italian Rivals: Naples, Venice, Rome -- Naples -- Venice -- Rome -- The Musical Centers of the Holy Roman Empire: Dresden, Prague, Mannheim/Munich -- Dresden -- Prague -- Mannheim/Munich -- 10 Cities and Courts on the Periphery -- The Northern Rivals: The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Russia -- Amsterdam/The Hague -- Copenhagen -- Stockholm -- St. Petersburg -- Some Exemplary Courts: Esterház, Regensburg, Oettingen-­Wallerstein, Salzburg -- Esterház -- Regensburg -- Oettingen-Wallerstein -- Salzburg -- Music on the Periphery: The Mediterranean Sphere -- Iberia -- Malta -- Music on the Periphery: Music Outside Europe -- New Spain -- Brazil.

New France and English North America (the United States) -- 11 From Universal Composer to Icon: Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Haydn -- Mozart -- PART V Music for the People: Music as a Social Phenomenon in the Classical Period -- 12 The Folk and Their Music -- Folk Music as a Source and Repository of Popular Cultures -- Music in the Service of the State: Politics and Revolution -- The Rise of the Popular Music Business -- Register of Names -- Selected Reading -- Glossary -- Index.

Music in the Classical World: Genre, Culture, and History provides a broad sociocultural and historical perspective of the music of the Classical Period as it relates to the world in which it was created, one of the more vibrant periods of achievement in history.

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