The Age of Beethoven, 1790-1830Gerald Abraham Covers forty years which saw profound changes in music, most of them dominated by Beethoven. Provides a detailed, scholarly critical survey of the music of the period with chapters on French, Italian and German opera and on opera in other countries, on Beethoven's orchestral and chamber music and of his contemporaries on the concerto, on piano music, on solo song and on choral music, as well as an introductory chapter on general musical conditions of the time. |
Contents
KING | 1 |
page | 20 |
FRENCH OPERA By WINTON DEAN | 26 |
DESIGN FOR Act III SCENES 2 AND 3 OF AUBERS | 116 |
BEETHOVENS ORCHESTRAL WORKS BY PAUL MIES | 120 |
THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC OF BEETHOVENS | 157 |
THE CONCERTO By JOHN A MEYER | 206 |
BEETHOVENS CHAMBER MUSIC By GERALD | 255 |
SOLO SONG | 535 |
TITLEPAGE OF WEBERS LEYER UND SCHWERDT | 559 |
b THE SLAV LANDS By GERALD ABRAHAM | 571 |
Russia | 578 |
The Texts | 584 |
The Music of the Romances | 590 |
ONE OF BEETHOVENS SKETCHES FOR THE SER | 599 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 659 |
THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF BEETHOVENS | 303 |
PIANO MUSIC By PHILIP RADCLIFFE | 325 |
ANDANTE OF SCHUBERTS SONATA IN G OP 78 | 369 |
ITALIAN OPERA By WINTON DEAN | 376 |
ITALIAN OPERA | 439 |
GERMAN OPERA By WINTON DEAN | 452 |
THE WOLFS GLEN IN ROBIN DES BOIS | 499 |
OPERA IN OTHER COUNTRIES By GERALD ABRAHAM | 523 |
Common terms and phrases
Adagio Allegretto Allegro Andante appears aria bars bass bassoon Beethoven beginning Bellini cabaletta cadenza cello century chamber music character Cherubini choral chorus chromatic clarinet Clementi coda composers contemporaries contrast D major Der Freischütz dramatic duet Dussek earlier early ensembles Eroica example exposition F minor finale flat major flute French G major German harmonic Haydn horns instruments Italian opera later Leipzig libretto London lyrical Mayr Méhul melody minuet modulations molto mood Mosè motive Mozart Ninth Symphony oboes opening opera buffa opéra comique opera seria orchestra overture Paris passage period Piano Concerto piano sonatas played popular published Quintet recapitulation rhythm rhythmic ritornello romantic opera rondo Rossini scene scherzo Schubert score second subject sketches slow movement solo episode soloist sonata form songs Spohr Spontini string quartet style Symphony tempo texture thematic theme trio variations Vienna Violin Concerto virtuoso vivace Weber