Haydn: The 'Paris' Symphonies
Part of Cambridge Music Handbooks
- Author: Bernard Harrison, Lancaster University
- Date Published: September 1998
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521477437
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Haydn's Symphonies Nos. 82-7 are seminal works in Haydn's output and mark a new level of compositional attainment, launching the important cycle of mature Haydn symphonies written for an international audience. Three chapters of the book deal with the reception of Haydn's symphonies in Paris, documenting the extent to which they dominated the repertoire of important public concert series. The aesthetic basis of Haydn's reception in Paris in the 1780s is considered in discussions of the notions of 'popular' and 'learned' taste and such notions inform the commentaries on the symphonies themselves. Thus as well as discussing technical features of Symphonies Nos. 82-7, broader concerns include the relationship between orchestral splendour and eighteenth-century notions of beauty; the relationship between genius, originality and convention; irony and humour; and the updating of popular orchestral taste.
Read more- The first monograph on Haydn's 'Paris' Symphonies
- Contains new documentation on the reception of Haydn's symphonies in France in the 1780s
- Considers the broader context of the symphonies as well as providing style-analytical commentaries
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'This is an excellent introduction to a wonderful set of symphonies, and a popular vindication of the new direction of Haydn scholarship.' The Times Literary Supplement
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- Date Published: September 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521477437
- length: 136 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 139 x 8 mm
- weight: 0.16kg
- contains: 9 tables 17 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Haydn's music at the Concert spirituel
3. Popular taste
4. Learned taste
5. Splendour and beauty: Symphonies Nos. 82 and 86
6. Convention and originality: Symphony No. 85
7. Irony and humour: Symphony No. 83
8. The refinement of popular taste: Symphonies Nos. 84 and 87.
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