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Author Riley, Matthew, 1975- author.

Title The Viennese minor-key symphony in the age of Haydn and Mozart / Matthew Riley
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Contents The Viennese minor-key symphony -- Imperial court composers : Wagenseil, Gassmann, Ordonez -- Vanhal to 1771 : five first movements -- Two subgeneric conventions : the contrapuntal minuet, the stormy finale -- Studies in Haydn's minor-key symphonies 1763-1772 -- Vanhal's new paths : four later symphonies -- Modal reversal and characteristic symphonies -- Mozart and the minor-key symphony
Summary In late eighteenth-century Vienna and the Habsburg territories, over 50 minor-key symphonies were written. Their distinctive stormy character, nervous energy and intense pathos make them a unique phenomenon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Symphony -- Austria -- Vienna -- 18th century
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- General.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Band & Orchestra.
Symphony
Austria -- Vienna
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199349685
0199349681
9780199349692
019934969X