The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Benedict Taylor
SeriesCambridge Companions to Music
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 243,Width 168
Category/GenreClassical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
20th century and contemporary classical music
ISBN/Barcode 9781108466875
ClassificationsDewey:780.9034
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 August 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Benedict Taylor is Reader in Music at the University of Edinburgh. He is author of Mendelssohn, Time and Memory (Cambridge, 2011), The Melody of Time (2015) and Towards a Harmonic Grammar of Grieg's Late Piano Music (2016). He is co-editor of the journal Music & Letters, and the recipient of the Jerome Roche Prize of the Royal Musical Association.