Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria [Hardcover]

An examination of the little-understood period of music history in which Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven worked.The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. Beginning with the early decades of the eighteenth century, the essays in this volume consider some of the musical traditions and practices of this little understood period of music history. Four main areas are covered: orchestral music, sacred music, opera and keyboard music.The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. Beginning with the early decades of the eighteenth century, the essays in this volume consider some of the musical traditions and practices of this little understood period of music history. Four main areas are covered: orchestral music, sacred music, opera and keyboard music.The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. Beginning with the early decades of the eighteenth century, the essays in this volume consider some of the musical traditions and practices of this little understood period of music history. Four main areas are covered: orchestral music, sacred music, opera and keyboard music.List of plates; Preface; 1. Introduction: new challenges, new perspectives David Wyn Jones; Part I. Overture, Symphony and Concerto: 2. The trumpet overture and sinfonia in Vienna (17151822): rise, decline and reformulation A. Peter Brown; 3. The early Classical violin concerto in Austria Chappell White; Part II. Traditions in Sacred Music: 4. Haydn's Missa sunt bona mixta malis and the a cappella tradition David Wyn Jones; 5. Johann Baptist Vanhal and the pastoral mass tradition Bruce MacIntyre; 6. The Austrian pastorella and the stylus rusticanus: comic and pastol3-