The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism (Cambridge Companions to Music)

This Companion presents a new understanding of the relationship between music and culture in and around the nineteenth century, and encourages readers to explore what Romanticism in music might mean today. Challenging the view that musical 'romanticism' is confined to a particular style or period, it reveals instead the multiple intersections between the phenomenon of Romanticism and music. Drawing on a variety of disciplinary approaches, and reflecting current scholarly debates across the humanities, it places music at the heart of a nexus of Romantic themes and concerns. Written by a dynamic team of leading younger scholars and established authorities, it gives a state-of-the-art yet accessible overview of current thinking on this popular topic. HORIZONS. Defining the Indefinable : Romanticism and Music / Benedict Taylor ; The Emergence of Romanticism / Keith Chapin -- WORLDS. Music in Romantic Literature and Poetry / Miranda Stanyon ; Music, Romantic Landscape, and the Visual / Thomas Peattie ; Romanticism, the Folk, and Musical Nationalisms / Matthew Gelbart ; Music, Romanticism, and Politics / Katherine Hambridge ; Music and Technology / John Tresch ; Music, Magic, and the Supernatural / Francesca Brittan ; A Kingdom not of this World : Music, Religion, Art-Religion / James Garratt -- AESTHETICS. Music in Early German Romantic Philosophy / Tomas McAuley ; Meaning and Value in Romantic Musical Aesthetics / Alexander Wilfing / Music and Romantic Interiority / Holly Watkins ; Music, Expression, and the Aesthetics of Authenticity / Karen Leistra-Jones -- PRACTICES. Romantic Languages / Julian Horton ; Romantic Forms / Steven Vande Moortele ; Romanticism and the Ideal of Song / Lisa Feurzeig ; Music Staged and Unstaged / Sarah Hibberd ; Romanticism and Performance / Dana Gooley -- HISTORIES. Musical Romanticism as a Historiographical Construct / Nicole Grimes ; The End(s) of Musical Romanticism / Sebastian Wedler "Unlike many earlier books on the topic, Romanticism is not taken here primarily to refer to a distinct period in music history, though there is nevertheless a clear historical focus on the long nineteenth century, resulting from the overlapping between the Romantic period as generally understood in literature and art (c. 1797-1848) and as commonly received as a musical epoch (from c. 1815 to c. 1914). Nor, on the other hand, is Romanticism understood simply as a musical style, even one characteristic of a group of figures we might choose to term 'Romantics'"-- Provided by publisher This accessible Companion showcases the importance of music within Romantic culture and thought in the 'long' nineteenth century. It incorporates a variety of disciplinary approaches, and is alive to current debates across the humanities.