Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century - Couverture rigide

Proksch, Bryan

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ISBN 10 : 1580465129 ISBN 13 : 9781580465120

Editeur : University of Rochester Press, 2015

Synopsis

By the 1840s Joseph Haydn, who died in 1809 as the most celebrated composer of his generation, had degenerated into the bewigged "Papa Haydn," a shallow placeholder in music history who merely invented the forms used by Beethoven. In a remarkable reversal, Haydn swiftly regained his former stature within the opening decades of the twentieth century. Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century examines both the decline and the subsequent resurgence of Haydn's reputation in an effort to better understand the forces that shape critical reception on a broad scale. No single person or event marked the turning point for Haydn's reputation. Instead a broad resurgence reshaped opinion in Europe and the United States in short order. The Haydn revival engaged many of the music world's leading figures -- composers (Vincent d'Indy and Arnold Schoenberg), conductors (Arturo Toscanini), performers (Wanda Landowska), critics (Lawrence Gilman), and scholars (Heinrich Schenker and Donald Tovey) -- each of whom valued Haydn's music for specific reasons and used it to advance particular goals. Yet each advocated for a rehearing and rereading of the composer's works, calling for a new appreciation of Haydn's music. Bryan Proksch is assistant professor of music history at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, where he specializes in the music of the late eighteenth century.

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À propos de l'auteur

BRYAN PROKSCH is Professor of music history and literature at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Rochester Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1580465129
• ISBN 13: 9781580465120
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
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• Personne responsable: non disponible