{"product_id":"empress-marie-therese-and-music-at-the-viennese-court-1792-1807-hardback-9780521825122","title":"Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792–1807 (Hardback) 9780521825122","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEmpress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792–1807\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStudy of Empress Marie Therese as music patron in the Vienna of Haydn and Beethoven.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn A. Rice (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521825122, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 July 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages, 21 b\/w illus.  12 tables  22 music examples\u003cbr\u003e24.2 x 16.3 x 2.7 cm, 0.718 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'…devoted to filling in the extensive gaps in our knowledge of one of music's best-known periods … full of … fascinating details and of illuminating glances into some dark corners of Viennese musical life … raises some interesting issues about our changing musical standards and awareness …' Music and Letters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a study of the musical activities of Empress Marie Therese, one of the most important patrons in the Vienna of Haydn and Beethoven. Building on extensive archival research, including many documents published here for the first time, John A. Rice describes Marie Therese's activities as commissioner, collector and performer of music, and explores the rich and diverse musical culture that she fostered at court. This book, which will be of interest to musicologists, historians of artistic patronage and taste, and practitioners of women's studies, elucidates this remarkable woman's relations with a host of professional musicians, including Haydn, and argues that she played a significant and hitherto unsuspected role in the inception of one of the era's greatest masterpieces, Beethoven's Fidelio. Other composers discussed include Domenico Cimarosa, Joseph Eybler, Michael Haydn, Johann Simon Mayr, Ferdinando Paer, Antonio Salieri, Joseph Weigl and Paul Wranitzky.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of musical examples\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Two intertwining family trees: the Habsburg-Lorraines of Austria and the Bourbons of Spain and Naples\u003cbr\u003e A note about quotations and transcriptions of documents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The empress as collector of music\u003cbr\u003e 2. Marie Therese's musicians\u003cbr\u003e 3. The empress as soprano\u003cbr\u003e 4. Private concerts\u003cbr\u003e 5. Celebrations of Franz's birthday and nameday\u003cbr\u003e 6. Musical caprice\u003cbr\u003e 7. Marie Therese's influence on music in the public sphere\u003cbr\u003e 8. The empress as conceiver, commissioner and shaper of musical works\u003cbr\u003e 9. Il conte Clò: a birthday cantata from inception to performance\u003cbr\u003e 10. Joseph Haydn and Beethoven between court and nobility\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Marie Therese's collection of church music\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Marie Therese's musical diary, 1801–3\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3: Paer's letters to the empress\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4: Correspondence between Paisiello and Marie Therese\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 5: Documents pertaining to the development and performance of Paer's Il conte Clò\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20music%20%5Bc%201750%20to%20c%201830%5D%20%5BAVGC4%5D%22\"\u003ec 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005226635544,"sku":"9780521825122","price":109.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521825122i_800db819-f39b-42b3-84bf-172e4216dd76.jpg?v=1691368416","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/empress-marie-therese-and-music-at-the-viennese-court-1792-1807-hardback-9780521825122","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}