Musical Genre And Romantic Ideology

Author : Matthew Gelbart
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190646929

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Musical Genre and Romantic Ideology by Matthew Gelbart Pdf

European Romanticism gave rise to a powerful discourse equating genres to constrictive rules and forms that great art should transcend; and yet without the categories and intertextual references we hold in our minds, "music" would be meaningless noise. Musical Genre and Romantic Ideology teases out that paradox, charting the workings and legacies of Romantic artistic values such as originality and anti-commercialism in relation to musical genre. Genre's persistent power was amplified by music's inevitably practical social, spatial, and institutional frames. Furthermore, starting in the nineteenth century, all music, even the most anti-commercial, was stamped by its relationship to the marketplace, entrenching associations between genres and target publics (whether based on ideas of nation, gender, class, or more subtle aspects of identity). These newly strengthened correlations made genre, if anything, more potent rather than less, despite Romantic claims. In case studies from across nineteenth-century Europe engaging with canonical music by Bizet, Chopin, Verdi, Wagner, and Brahms, alongside representative genres such as opéra-comique and the piano ballade, Matthew Gelbart explores the processes through which composers, performers, critics, and listeners gave sounds, and themselves, a sense of belonging. He examines genre vocabulary and discourse, the force of generic titles, how avant-garde music is absorbed through and into familiar categories, and how interpretation can be bolstered or undercut by genre agreements. Even in a modern world where transcription and sound recording can take any music into an infinite array of new spatial and social situations, we are still locked in the Romantics' ambivalent tussle with genre.

Author : John Daverio
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Music
ISBN : UCAL:B4328610

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Nineteenth-century Music and the German Romantic Ideology by John Daverio Pdf

Author : Benedict Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108475433

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The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism by Benedict Taylor Pdf

A stimulating new approach to understanding the relationship between music and culture in the long nineteenth century.

Author : Peter J. Schmelz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780197541258

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Sonic Overload by Peter J. Schmelz Pdf

Sonic Overload offers a new, music-centered cultural history of the late Soviet Union. It focuses on polystylism in music as a response to the information overload swamping listeners in the Soviet Union during its final decades. It traces the ways in which leading composers Alfred Schnittke and Valentin Silvestrov initially embraced popular sources before ultimately rejecting them. Polystylism first responded to the utopian impulses of Soviet ideology with utopian impulses to encompass all musical styles, from "high" to "low". But these initial all-embracing aspirations were soon followed by retreats to alternate utopias founded on carefully selecting satisfactory borrowings, as familiar hierarchies of culture, taste, and class reasserted themselves. Looking at polystylism in the late USSR tells us about past and present, near and far, as it probes the musical roots of the overloaded, distracted present.� Based on archival research, oral historical interviews, and other overlooked primary materials, as well as close listening and thorough examination of scores and recordings, Sonic Overload presents a multilayered and comprehensive portrait of late-Soviet polystylism and cultural life, and of the music of Silvestrov and Schnittke. Sonic Overload is intended for musicologists and Soviet, Russian, and Ukrainian specialists in history, the arts, film, and literature, as well as readers interested in twentieth- and twenty-first century music; modernism and postmodernism; quotation and collage; the intersections of "high" and "low" cultures; and politics and the arts.

Author : Christopher John Murray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135455781

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Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760–1850 by Christopher John Murray Pdf

In 850 analytical articles, this two-volume set explores the developments that influenced the profound changes in thought and sensibility during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. The Encyclopedia provides readers with a clear, detailed, and accurate reference source on the literature, thought, music, and art of the period, demonstrating the rich interplay of international influences and cross-currents at work; and to explore the many issues raised by the very concepts of Romantic and Romanticism.

Author : Andrew Davis
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253025456

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Sonata Fragments by Andrew Davis Pdf

“An effort to expand sonata theory more solidly into the nineteenth-century repertoire.” —Notes In Sonata Fragments, Andrew Davis argues that the Romantic sonata is firmly rooted, both formally and expressively, in its Classical forebears, using Classical conventions in order to convey a broad constellation of Romantic aesthetic values. This claim runs contrary to conventional theories of the Romantic sonata that place this nineteenth-century musical form squarely outside inherited Classical sonata procedures. Building on Sonata Theory, Davis examines moments of fracture and fragmentation that disrupt the cohesive and linear temporality in piano sonatas by Chopin, Brahms, and Schumann. These disruptions in the sonata form are a narrative technique that signify temporal shifts during which we move from the outer action to the inner thoughts of a musical agent, or we move from the story as it unfolds to a flashback or flash-forward. Through an interpretation of Romantic sonatas as temporally multi-dimensional works in which portions of the music in any given piece can lie inside or outside of what Sonata Theory would define as the sonata-space proper, Davis reads into these ruptures a narrative of expressive features that mark these sonatas as uniquely Romantic. “A major achievement.” —Michael L. Klein, author of Music and the Crises of the Modern Subject

Author : Keith Chapin,Andrew H. Clark
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780823251384

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Speaking of Music by Keith Chapin,Andrew H. Clark Pdf

Addresses the ways that writers, musicians, philosophers, politicians, critics, and scholars speak of music from varying standpoints and in varying ways

Author : Isabelle Marc,Stuart Green
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317016069

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The Singer-Songwriter in Europe by Isabelle Marc,Stuart Green Pdf

The Singer-Songwriter in Europe is the first book to explore and compare the multifaceted discourses and practices of this figure within and across linguistic spaces in Europe and in dialogue with spaces beyond continental borders. The concept of the singer-songwriter is significant and much-debated for a variety of reasons. Many such musicians possess large and zealous followings, their output often esteemed politically and usually held up as the nearest popular music gets to high art, such facets often yielding sizeable economic benefits. Yet this figure, per se, has been the object of scant critical discussion, with individual practitioners celebrated for their isolated achievements instead. In response to this lack of critical knowledge, this volume identifies and interrogates the musical, linguistic, social and ideological elements that configure the singer-songwriter and its various equivalents in Europe, such as the French auteur-compositeur-interprète and the Italian cantautore, since the late 1940s. Particular attention is paid to the emergence of this figure in the post-war period, how and why its contours have changed over time and space subsequently, cross-cultural influences, and the transformative agency of this figure as regards party and identity politics in lyrics and music, often by means of individual case studies. The book's polycentric approach endeavours to redress the hitherto Anglophone bias in scholarship on the singer-songwriter in the English-speaking world, drawing on the knowledge of scholars from across Europe and from a variety of academic disciplines, including modern language studies, musicology, sociology, literary studies and history.

Author : Murray Steib
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135942625

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Reader's Guide to Music by Murray Steib Pdf

The Reader's Guide to Music is designed to provide a useful single-volume guide to the ever-increasing number of English language book-length studies in music. Each entry consists of a bibliography of some 3-20 titles and an essay in which these titles are evaluated, by an expert in the field, in light of the history of writing and scholarship on the given topic. The more than 500 entries include not just writings on major composers in music history but also the genres in which they worked (from early chant to rock and roll) and topics important to the various disciplines of music scholarship (from aesthetics to gay/lesbian musicology).

Author : Lorraine Byrne Bodley,Julian Horton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190200107

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Rethinking Schubert by Lorraine Byrne Bodley,Julian Horton Pdf

What this volume provides, then, is not only a fresh portrait of one of the most loved composers of the nineteenth century but also a conspectus of current Schubertian research. Whether perusing unknown repertoire or refreshing canonical works, Rethinking Schubert reveals the extraordinary methodological variety that is now available to research, painting a contemporary portrait of Schubert that is vibrant, plural, trans-national and complex. - Lorraine Byrne Bodley is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at the Department of Music, Maynooth University. Julian Horton is Professor of Music and Head of Department at Durham University.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788299772808

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On Variability in the Performance of Hardingfele Tunes - and Paradigms in Ethnomusicological Research by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lee Marshall
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847871442

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Bootlegging by Lee Marshall Pdf

′A valuable and distinctive contribution to the penumbra debate, refreshingly shedding light on some of the clichés of copyright, and alerting readers to the extra-legal factors that cannot be ignored in any socially-embedded study of copyright′ - Stuart Hannabuss, Aberdeen Business School ′Bootlegging is a smart, provocative and highly readable analysis of the high theory and low practices of music copyright and its transgressors. It is most refreshing to read a sociological analysis of a topic usually left to lawyers and industry apologists. An essential book for anyone who wants to understand the contemporary music industry′ Simon Frith - Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling. Bootlegs - live concert recordings or studio outtakes reproduced without the permission of the rights holder - hold a prominent position in the pantheon of popular music. They are also much misrepresented and this fascinating book constitutes the first full length academic treatment of the subject. By examining the centrality of Romantic authorship to both copyright and the music industry, the author highlights the mutual dependence of capitalism and Romanticism, which situates the individual as the key creative force while challenging the commodification of art and self. Marshall reveals how the desire for bootlegs is driven by the same ideals of authenticity employed by the legitimate industry in its copyright rhetoric and practice and demonstrates how bootlegs exist as an antagonistic but necessary component of an industry that does much to prevent them. This book will be of great interest to researchers and students in the sociology of culture, social theory, cultural studies and law.

Author : David Ferris
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780195124477

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Schumann's Eichendorff Liederkreis and the Genre of the Romantic Cycle by David Ferris Pdf

This new study draws on analysis, literary criticism, and source studies to propose a new conception of the nineteenth-century romantic cycle. Rather than a unified whole, the cycle is seen as a fragmentary and open-ended form, which enables Schumann to express the romantic themes of transcendence and ineffability in musical terms.

Author : LorraineByrne Bodley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351539821

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The Unknown Schubert by LorraineByrne Bodley Pdf

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is now rightly recognized as one of the greatest and most original composers of the nineteenth century. His keen understanding of poetry and his uncanny ability to translate his profound understanding of human nature into remarkably balanced compositions marks him out from other contemporaries in the field of song. Schubert was one of the first major composers to devote so much time to song and his awareness that this genre was not rated highly in the musical hierarchy did not deter him, throughout a short but resolute and hard-working career, from producing songs that invariably arrest attention and frequently strike a deeply poetic note. Schubert did not emerge as a composer until after his death, but during his short lifetime his genius flowered prolifically and diversely. His reputation was first established among the aristocracy who took the art music of Vienna into their homes, which became places of refuge from the musical mediocrity of popular performance. More than any other composer, Schubert steadily graced Viennese musical life with his songs, piano music and chamber compositions. Throughout his career he experimented constantly with technique and in his final years began experiments with form. The resultant fascinating works were never performed in his lifetime, and only in recent years have the nature of his experiments found scholarly favor. In The Unknown Schubert contributors explore Schubert's radical modernity from a number of perspectives by examining both popular and neglected works. Chapters by renowned scholars describe the historical context of his work, its relation to the dominant artistic discourses of the early nineteenth century, and Schubert's role in the paradigmatic shift to a new perception of song. This valuable book seeks to bring Franz Schubert to life, exploring his early years as a composer of opera, his later years of ill-health when he composed in the shadow of death, and his efforts to reflect i

Author : Gary Tomlinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351557771

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Music and Historical Critique by Gary Tomlinson Pdf

Music and Historical Critique provides a definitive collection of Gary Tomlinson's influential studies on critical musicology, with the watchword throughout being history. This collection gathers his most innovative essays and lectures, some of them published here for the first time, along with an introduction outlining the context of the contributions and commenting on their aims and significance. Music and Historical Critique provides a retrospective view of the author's achievements in bringing to the heart of musicological discourse both deep-seated experiences of the past and meditations on the historian's ways of understanding them.