The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism

A stimulating new approach to understanding the relationship between music and culture in the long nineteenth century.

Benedict Taylor (Edited by)

9781108475433, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 August 2021

320 pages
25 x 17.5 x 2.4 cm, 0.937 kg

This Companion presents a new understanding of the relationship between music and culture in and around the nineteenth century, and encourages readers to explore what Romanticism in music might mean today. Challenging the view that musical 'romanticism' is confined to a particular style or period, it reveals instead the multiple intersections between the phenomenon of Romanticism and music. Drawing on a variety of disciplinary approaches, and reflecting current scholarly debates across the humanities, it places music at the heart of a nexus of Romantic themes and concerns. Written by a dynamic team of leading younger scholars and established authorities, it gives a state-of-the-art yet accessible overview of current thinking on this popular topic.

List of illustrations
List of musical examples and tables
List of contributors
Preface
Chronology
Part I. Horizons: 1. Defining the indefinable: romanticism and music Benedict Taylor
2. The emergence of romanticism Keith Chapin
Part II. Worlds: 3. Music in romantic literature and poetry Miranda Stanyon
4. Music, romantic landscape, and the visual Thomas Peattie
5. Romanticism, the folk, and musical nationalisms Matthew Gelbart
6. Music, romanticism, and politics Katherine Hambridge
7. Music and technology John Tresch
8. Music, magic, and the supernatural Francesca Brittan
9. A kingdom not of this world: music, religion, art-religion James Garratt
Part III. Aesthetics: 10. Music in early German romantic philosophy Tomás McAuley
11. Meaning and value in romantic musical aesthetics Alexander Wilfing
12. Music and romantic interiority Holly Watkins
13. Music, expression, and the aesthetics of authenticity Karen Leistra-Jones
Part IV. Practices: 14. Romantic languages Julian Horton
15. Romantic forms Steven Vande Moortele
16. Romanticism and the ideal of song Lisa Feurzeig
17. Music staged and unstaged Sarah Hibberd
18. Romanticism and performance Dana Gooley
Part V. Histories: 19. Musical romanticism as a historiographical construct Nicole Grimes
20. The end(s) of musical romanticism Sebastian Wedler
Select bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural history [HBTB], 20th century & contemporary classical music [AVGC6], Romantic music [c 1830 to c 1900 AVGC5]