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Empress Marie Therese and music at the Viennese court, 1792-1807
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- Creator
- John A. Rice
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003
- Physical Details
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- xx, 386 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0521825121, 9780521825122
- OCLC
- ocm51738845
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-368) and index.
- The Empress as collector of music -- Marie Therese's musicians -- The Empress as soprano -- Private concerts -- Celebrations of Franz's birthday and nameday -- Musical caprice -- Marie Therese's influence on music in the public sphere -- The Empress as conceiver, commissioner, and shaper of musical works -- Il conte Clo : a birthday cantata from inception to performance -- Joseph Haydn and Beethoven between court and nobility -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Marie Therese's collection of church music -- Appendix 2: Marie Therese's musical diary, 1801-1803 -- Appendix 3: Paer's letters to the Empress -- Appendix 4: Correspondence between Paisiello and Marie Therese -- Appendix 5: Documents pertaining to the development and performance of Paer's Il conte Clo
Subjects
- Maria Theresa, of Naples-Sicily, Empress, consort of Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1772-1807.
- Music -- Austria -- Vienna -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
- Music -- Austria -- Vienna -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- Women music patrons -- Austria -- Vienna -- History.
- Music -- Social aspects -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 18th century.
- Music -- Social aspects -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 19th century.
- Vienna (Austria) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
- Vienna (Austria) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.