Vienna (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009399463)

What is behind Vienna's world-wide reputation as a 'city of music'? Vienna's images of itself and outside opinions of its significance as a musical city capture internal and external preoccupations with the intricate details and ambitious visions that collectively articulate its unique ambience and status, This wide-ranging study of Viennese music, musicians, traditions, institutions and cultures provides a historical background and conceptual framework for understanding the centuries of musical accomplishments that underlie the city's mystique. The book explores questions of identity and place, and local traditions and practices, before considering musical networks, organizations, associations and businesses, and the musicians who thrived in them. Encompassing classical music from medieval liturgy to Mozart, Beethoven's symphonies to Strauss's waltzes, from Schubert to Schoenberg, the city is also well known for its musical theatre, live music in cafes and hostelries, klezmer, jazz, pop, rock, and hip-hop. The story continues.

Author: Simon P. Keefe
ISBN-10: 1009399462
ISBN-13: 9781009399463
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2026
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.81d