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The Pelican History of Music Vol 3 Classical and Romantic

Class: General text
Composer:
Type: Book/Monograph
Editor: Robertson, Alec & Stevens, Denis
Catalogue Number:
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: 1971
Original publication date: 1968
Binding details: Paper bound pp 251
NEEMF Ref: NEEMF/H/35
Notes:
A series of essays vovering music of the eighteen and nieteenth centuries.
Contents:
Preface
I. The enlightenment and the revolution - Hugh Ottaway
Music and Society in the Age of Enlighten ment
Dynastic Opera
New operatic forms
Symphony & Sonata
The Viennese Classics: Haydn & Mozart
The Age of Beethoven

II. The Nieteen century - A.J.B.Hutchings
The Romantic Era
Wagner
Nationalism
The Indian Summer
Conclusion
Further reading
Index