The Great Transformation of Musical Taste : Concert Programming from Haydn to Brahms (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part I. Miscellany and Collegiality, 1750?1800: 1. Concepts and contexts; 2. Variations on miscellany; Part II. Crisis and Experiment, 1800?48: 3. Musical idealism and the crisis of the old order; 4. The rise of the chamber-music concert; 5. Convention and experiment in benefit and virtuoso concerts; 6. Toward classical-music orchestral concerts; 7. Promenade concerts: rise of the 'pops'; Part III. Founding a New Order, 1848?75: 8. Classical music achieves hegemony; 9. Vocal music for the general public; 10. Epilogue: state of the musical community in 1914.