Haydn and the Enlightenment: The Late Symphonies and their Audience

di Schroeder (Autore)

Oxford University Press, 1997

This book sets out to challenge the widely-held view of Haydn as an inspired instrumental musician who composed in isolation from eighteenth-century enlightened thinking. By means of both documentary and musical investigation the author seeks instead to present him as a culturally and politically sensitive representative of the Age of the Enlightenment. Of fundamental importance in this survey is Haydn's relationship with his audience, which, it is argued, had a significant bearing on the nature of the works. The author suggests that Haydn was well acquainted with the contemporary view that works of literature or music should serve a moral function and he points to numerous instances in the late symphonies where this end is effectively pursued.

• Autore: Schroeder
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Collana: Oxford Monographs on Music
• Anno: 1997
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 230 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 157 mm
• Peso: 371 gr.
• EAN: 9780198166825

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