1800–1846
in Interpreting the Musical Past
August 2008; published online September 2008.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 18383 words.
The chapter begins with a discussion of the French museum concept, moving to an explanation of why the musical survivors from the ancien régime were all Italian or Italianate (mostly Pergolesi and...
1809
in Beethoven after Napoleon
August 2004; published online May 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 6950 words.
This chapter briefly sorts Beethoven's works chronologically, beginning in 1814 with the Congress of Vienna, which articulates the notorious dualism between late Beethoven and Rossini. 1809 is...
1815–1878
in The Classical Mandolin
October 2005; published online October 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 7626 words.
This chapter examines the history and repertoire of the classical mandolin from 1815 to 1878. It discusses the decline of the mandoline and the mandolino as concert instruments and explores the...
1819–1821
in Rossini
October 2007; published online October 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 6142 words.
Shortly after lauding to the skies the dramatically flawed Ricciardo e Zoraide, and just three weeks after acclaiming the revised Mosè in Egitto, the Naples audience gave short shrift to his newest...
1846–1878
in Interpreting the Musical Past
August 2008; published online September 2008.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 16649 words.
This chapter focuses on a period when the expansion of early music activity began to cause adverse comment: was it a reactionary threat to living composers? Developments in music publishing attest to...
1878
in Tchaikovsky
July 2009; published online October 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 4654 words.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was in Western Europe until April 1878, then returned to Russia. From November 15 to the end of the year, he was in Western Europe again, spending almost a month in Florence...
1878–1892
in The Classical Mandolin
October 2005; published online October 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 9970 words.
This chapter examines the history and repertoire of the classical mandolin during the period from 1878 to 1892. The Paris Exhibition of 1878 in France was instrumental in popularizing the mandolin...
1878–1900
in Interpreting the Musical Past
August 2008; published online September 2008.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 17100 words.
This chapter continues the exploration of repertorial change, beginning with an examination of the almost entirely masculine virtuoso cult of early organ music, given new impetus by Alexandre...
1879–1881
in Tchaikovsky
July 2009; published online October 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 5304 words.
Circumstances in 1879–1881 produced a malaise that brought Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1881 to the nadir of his life. That year, The Maid of Orleans kept him in St. Petersburg, but the other works he...
1882–1884
in Tchaikovsky
July 2009; published online October 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: opera. 5179 words.
No artist is guaranteed a faithful muse, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's, in these years, continued along the fretful course begun in 1878. He was ever less in control of his finances; Kamenka had...