Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century France: La Revue et gazette musicale de Paris 1834-80

by Katharine Ellis

Overview

This book focuses on the musical writings in the daily and periodical press in France during the nineteenth century. It covers the criticism of a wide range of Western music, explaining how composers such as Bach and Beethoven secured a permanent place in the repertory. Dr. Ellis analyzes the process of canon formation, the development of French musicology and the increasing sensitivity of critics to questions of performance practice. She also examines the inevitable conflict between commercial interest and aesthetic integrity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521035897
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/31/2007
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Crosscurrents in early nineteenth-century criticism; 2. The rise of the specialist press from 1827; 3. Early music; 4. The Austro-German tradition I: the reception of Gluck, Haydn and Mozart; 5. The Austro-German tradition II: the reception of Beethoven; 6. The Austro-German tradition III: Weber, Schubert and Mendelssohn; 7. Contemporary music I: piano music; 8. Contemporary music II: chamber and symphonic music; 9. Contemporary music III: opera; 10. Contemporary music IV: the music of the future; 11. Contemporary music V: Berlioz; 12. Conclusion; Appendix 1. Principal contributors to the Gazette; Appendix 2. Personalia; Appendix 3. Contes, nouvelles, dialogues and other short literature in Schlesinger's Gazette musicale, 1834–46; Appendix 4. Publishing history of the Gazette; Appendix 5. Pseudonyms and attributions; Bibliography; Index of musical works cited; General index.

Editorial Reviews

"Vital, stimulating, well-argued, and insightful engagement with such matters is what makes Ellis's book an important contribution to the history of canon formation, and to any number of other issues as well...." Steven Huebner, JAMS

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