The great transformation of musical taste : concert programming from Haydn to Brahms /
William Weber.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- xv, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-319) and index.
Miscellany and collegiality, 1750-1800. Concepts and contexts ; Variations on miscellany -- Crisis and experiment, 1800-1848. Musical idealism and the crisis of the old order ; The rise of the chamber music concert ; Convention and experiment in benefit and virtuoso concerts ; Toward classical repetory in orchestral concerts ; Promenade concerts: rise of the "pops" -- Founding a new order, 1848-1875. Classical music achieves hegemony ; Vocal music for the general public ; Epilogue: state of the musical community in 1914.