MUSIC IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

MUSIC IN THE EIGHTEENTH takes the reader on an engrossing Grand Tour of Europe‘s musical centers, from Naples, to London, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, and St. Petersburg —with a side trip to the colonial New World.

John Rice‘s Music in the Eighteenth Century takes the reader on an engrossing Grand Tour of Europe‘s musical centers, from Naples, to London, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, and St. Petersburg —with a side trip to the colonial New World. Against the backdrop of Europe‘s largely peaceful division into Catholic and Protestant realms, Rice shows how “learned“ and “galant“ styles developed and commingled. While considering Mozart, Haydn, and early Beethoven in depth, he broadens his focus to assess the contributions of lesser-known but significant figures like Johann Adam Hiller, Francois-Andrä Philidor, and Anna Bon. John Rice has taught at the University of Washington, Colby College, the University of Houston, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Alabama, and the University ofPittsburgh. His writings include Mozart on the Stage, Antonio Sahen anti Viennese Opera, and Empness Manie Therese anti Music at the Viennese Co uni, 1792— 1807. He is the recipient ofthe American Musicological Society‘s Otto Kinkeldey Prize and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Philosophical Society. Western Music in Context: A Norton History comprises six volumes of moderate length. each written in an engaging style by a recognized expert. Authoritative and current, the series examines music in the broadest sense—as sounds notated, performed, and heard— focusing not only on composers and works, but also on broader social and intellectual currents.