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Beethoven and the construction of genius : musical politics in Vienna, 1792-1803
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- Creator
- Tia DeNora
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1995]
- ©1995
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 232 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780520088924, 0520088921
- OCLC
- ocm31132357
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index.
- 1. Beethoven and social identity -- 2. Emergence of serious music culture, 1784-1805 -- 3. Musical patronage and social change -- 4. Beethoven's social resources -- 5. "From Haydn's hands": narrative constructions of Beethoven's talent and future success -- 6. Beethoven in the salons -- 7. Beethoven-Wölffl piano duel: aesthetic debates and social boundaries -- 8. Beethoven's early aesthetic campaigns -- 9. Beethoven and the resources of cultural authority