The Free Fantasia and the Musical Picturesque

Annette (Cornell University, New York) Richards

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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The aesthetic of the picturesque, derived from the controlled wilderness of the landscape garden, provided writers on music with a language in which to describe the free fantasia, and it emerges here as a vital means for understanding the fantastical elements in the music of Bach, Haydn and Beethoven.

ISBN-13
9780521027533
ISBN-10
0521027535
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-11-02
Pages
272
Dimensions
226x159x17
Weight
436