Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century - Hardcover

Proksch, Bryan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580465129 ISBN 13: 9781580465120

Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 2015

Synopsis

Examines the decline and resurgence of Haydn's reputation in an effort to better understand the forces that shape critical reception on a broad scale. By the 1840s Joseph Haydn, who died in 1809 as the most celebrated composer of his generation, had degenerated into the bewigged "Papa Haydn," a shallow placeholder in music history who merely invented the forms used by Beethoven.In a remarkable reversal, Haydn swiftly regained his former stature within the opening decades of the twentieth century. Reviving Haydn: New Appreciations in the Twentieth Century examines both the decline and the subsequent resurgence of Haydn's reputation in an effort to better understand the forces that shape critical reception on a broad scale. No single person or event marked the turning point for Haydn's reputation. Instead a broad resurgence reshaped opinion in Europe and the United States in short order. The Haydn revival engaged many of the music world's leading figures -- composers (Vincent d'Indy and Arnold Schoenberg), conductors (Arturo Toscanini), performers (Wanda Landowska), critics (Lawrence Gilman), and scholars (Heinrich Schenker and Donald Tovey) -- each of whom valued Haydn's music for specific reasons and used it to advance particular goals. Yet each advocated for a rehearing and rereading of the composer's works, calling for a new appreciation of Haydn's music. Bryan Proksch is Assistant Professor of Music History at Lamar University.

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BRYAN PROKSCH is Professor of music history and literature at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580465129
• ISBN 13: 9781580465120
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300