Cultivating music : the aspirations, interests, and limits of German musical culture, 1770-1848 /

"German and Austrian music of the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries stands at the heart of the Western musical canon. In this innovative study of various cultural practices (such as music journalism and scholarship, singing instruction, and concerts), David Gramit examines how music...

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Main Author: Gramit, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Cultivating music
  • Scholarship and the definition of musical cultures
  • The dilemma of the popular : the Volk, the composer, and the culture of art music
  • Education and the social roles of music
  • Performing musical culture : the concert.