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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462792803321

Autore

Dolan Emily I.

Titolo

The orchestral revolution : Haydn and the technologies of timbre / / Emily I. Dolan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-61087-2

1-107-23698-3

1-139-60911-4

1-139-61273-5

1-139-62203-X

1-283-98670-1

1-139-62575-6

1-139-23597-4

1-139-61645-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

784.2092

Soggetti

Instrumentation and orchestration - History

Orchestra - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Lessons at the ocular harpsichord -- The idea of timbre -- Haydn, orchestration, and re-orchestration -- The republic of sound -- The real museum of musical works -- Abuses of the orchestra.

Sommario/riassunto

The Orchestral Revolution explores the changing listening culture of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Delving into Enlightenment philosophy, the nature of instruments, compositional practices and reception history, this book describes the birth of a new form of attention to sonority and uncovers the intimate relationship between the development of modern musical aesthetics and the emergence of orchestration. By focusing upon Joseph Haydn's innovative strategies of orchestration and tracing their reception and influence, Emily Dolan shows that the consolidation of the modern orchestra radically altered how people listened to and thought about



the expressive capacity of instruments. The orchestra transformed from a mere gathering of instruments into an ideal community full of diverse, nuanced and expressive characters. In addressing this key moment in the history of music, Dolan demonstrates the importance of the materiality of sound in the formation of the modern musical artwork.