German Music Criticism in the Late Eighteenth Century : Aesthetic Issues in Instrumental Music (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; Author's note; Introduction: terms of discourse; 1. What does instrumental music mean?; 2. Answering with a unified voice; 3. Answering with a German voice; 4. Answering with aesthetic criteria; 5. The importance of being correct; 6. The reign of genius; 7. A call to order; 8. Epilogue: segue to the nineteenth century; Notes; Bibliography; Index.