Synopses & Reviews
Haydn Studies deals with many new aspects of a composer who is perennially fresh. It concentrates principally on matters of reception, style and aesthetics and presents many radical new readings of the composer's work. Contributions by both established Haydn scholars and others who are new to the field combine to give a stronger sense than is generally understood of the composer's immense significance.
Synopsis
The advances in Haydn scholarship would have been unthinkable to earlier generations, who honoured the composer more in word than in deed. Haydn Studies deals with many aspects of a composer who is perennially fresh, concentrating principally on matters of reception, style and aesthetics and presenting many interesting readings of the composer"s work. Contributions by established Haydn scholars among others combine to give a stronger sense than is generally understood of the composer"s immense significance.
Table of Contents
Preface; Editor"s note; 1. The consequences of presumed innocence: the nineteenth-century reception of Joseph Haydn Leon Botstein; 2. Haydn"s sacred vocal music and the aesthetics of salvation James Webster; 3. Sentiment and sensibility in La vera costanza Jessica Waldoff; 4. Haydn as Romantic: a chemical experiment with instrumental music Daniel K. L. Chua; 5. Haydn"s 'Cours complet de la composition" and the Sturm und Drang Mark Evan Bonds; 6. Haydn"s reversals: style change, gesture and the implication-realization model Michael Spitzer; 7. Haydn"s symphonies between Sturm und Drang and 'Classical style": art and entertainment James Webster; 8. The Haydn piano trio: textual facts and textural principles W. Dean Sutcliffe; 9. Papa Doc"s recap caper: Haydn and temporal dyslexia George Edwards; 10. Haydn: the musicians" musician Robin Holloway; Index.