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008			190709s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781009364027
050	1	4	_aML469 _b.S87 2023
100	1		_aSutcliffe, W. Dean. _921429
245	1	0	_aInstrumental music in an age of sociability : _bHaydn, Mozart and friends / _cW. Dean Sutcliffe.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2023.
300			_a598 p. ; _c25 cm.
501			_aK_B
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Sociability may be a key term of reference for eighteenth-century studies as a whole, but it has not yet developed an especially strong profile in music scholarship. Many of the associations that it brings do not fit comfortably with a later imperative of individual expression. W. Dean Sutcliffe invites us to face up to the challenge of re-evaluating the communicative rationales that lie behind later eighteenth-century instrumental style. Taking a behavioural perspective, he divides sociability into 'technical' and 'affective' realms, involving close attention both to particular recurring musical patterns as well as to some of the style's most salient expressive attributes. The book addresses a broad span of the instrumental production of the era, with Haydn as the pivotal figure. Close readings of a variety of works are embedded in an encompassing consideration of the reception of this music"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aInstrumental music _y18th century _xHistory and criticism. _921430
650		0	_aMusic _xSocial aspects _xHistory _y18th century. _921431
600	1	0	_aHaydn, Joseph, _d1732-1809 _xCriticism and interpretation. _921432
600	1	0	_aMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, _d1756-1791 _xCriticism and interpretation. _921433
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