The image of Vienna as a musical city is a familiar one. Vienna has long been associated with many of the most significant composers in Western music - from Haydn; Mozart; Beethoven and Schubert; through the Strauss family; Brahms; Bruckner and Wolf; to Mahler; Lehaacute;r; Schoenberg and Webern. Today; venerable institutions like the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; the Staatsoper and the Vienna Boys Choir; together with the shared pride of residents and visitors in its musical inheritance; ensure that the image of a musical city is undimmed. This book explores the history of music in Vienna;focussing on three different epochs; 1700; 1800 and 1900; an approach which allows the very different relationships between music and society that existed in each of these periods to be distinguished.Patronage; social function and audience are key considerations; set within wider political and cultural developments. The volume is populated by emperors; princes; performers; publishers and writersas well as composers; and deals with institutional and commercial characteristics alongside representative individual works. Music in Vienna focusses on the political and social role of music;broadening our understanding of the city as a musical capital. It will appeal to a wide readership; including music historians and political; cultural and social historians; as well as the interestedgeneral reader. DAVID WYN JONES is Professor of Music at Cardiff University.
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