New Mattheson Studies

This 1984 collection of essays brings together the research on Johann Mattheson (1681–1764).

George J. Buelow (Edited by), Hans Joachim Marx (Edited by)

9780521251150, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 January 1984

510 pages
24 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.85 kg

This 1984 collection of essays brings together the research on Johann Mattheson (1681–1764), an influential musician and chronicler of musical thought in eighteenth-century Germany. The essays explore the cultural climate of Hamburg during Mattheson's lifetime; Mattheson as a composer; Mattheson's relationship to his contemporaries; and Mattheson's influence on developing musical theories and aesthetics.

Preface
General abbreviations
Abbreviations for the works of Johann Mattheson
1. The legacy of Johan Mattheson: a retrospective evaluation Beekman C. Cannon
Part I. Mattheson and His Times: 2. Hamburg zur Zeit Johann Matthesons: Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Hans Wilhelm Eckardt
3. Johann Mattheson als Diplomat in Hamburg Folkert Fiebig
4. Mattheson and the aesthetics of theater Gloria Flaherty
5. Zur hamburgischen Gelehrtenrepublik im Zeitalter Matthesons Jürgen Rathje
Part II. Mattheson as Composer and Writer on Music: 6. Johann Mattheson's 'Inquiring Composer' Beekman C. Cannon
7. Mattheson's arrangement of Handel's Radamisto for the Hamburg Opera Winton Dean
8. Mattheson als Begründer der ersten Musikzeitschrift (Critica musica) Imogen Fellinger
9. Polemik als Erkenntnisform: Bemerkungen zu den Schriften Arno Forchert
10. Unbekannte Kompositionen aus Johann Mattheson's Nachlass Hans Joachim Marx
11. Mattheson on performance practice Frederick Neumann
12. Die Verzierungskunst aus Matthesons Sicht Hans Turnow
Part III. Mattheson and his Contemporaries: 13. Der vollkommene Capellmeister as a stimulus to J. S. Bach's late fugal writing Gregory G. Butler
14. Mattheson and Handel: their musical relations in Hamburg J. Merrill Knapp
15. Mattheson und Gottsched Siegfried Kross
16. Mattheson as biographer of Handel Alfred Mann
17. Johann Mattheson and J. S. Bach: the Hamburg connection George B. Stauffer
Part IV. Mattheson and the Music Theory and Aesthtics of the Eighteenth Century: 18. Zur Handhabung der 'inventio' in der deutchen Musiklehre des frühen achtzehnten Jahrhunderts Wulf Arlt
19. Johann Mattheson and the invention of the Affektenlehre George J. Buelow
20. The genesis of Mattheson's style classification Claude V. Palisca
21. Mattheson und die französische Musik Herbert Schneider
22. Verwechselung, Voraunsnehmung, and Verzögerung: important Mattheson contributions to eighteenth-century music theory David A. Sheldon
Part V. Mattheson Bibliography: An Evaluation: 23. Johann Mattheson's historical significance: conflicting viewpoints Ernest Harriss
Name index
Index of Mattheson's writings and compositions.

Subject Areas: Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups [AVH]