MUSIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

MUSIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY examines the period from the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the advent of Modernism in the 1890s.

Music in the Nineteenth Century examines the period from the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the advent of Modernism in the 1890s. Frisch traces a complex web of relationships involving composers, performers, publishers, notated scores, oral traditions, audiences, institutions, cities, and nations. The book‘s central themes include middle dass involvement in music, the rich but elusive concept ofRomanticism, the cult of virtuosity, and the ever-changing balance between musical and commercial interests. The final chapter considers the sound world of nineteenth-century music as captured by contemporary witnesses and early recordings. Walter Frisch is H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Brahms: The Foun Symphonies, The Early Works ofArnoldSchoenberg 1903—1908, and Ger,‘nan Modernism: Music anti the Ants. He is the recipient of two ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Alexander von I-Iumboldt Foundation, and the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. 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.