The Free Fantasia and the Musical Picturesque

Annette (Cornell University, New York) Richards

Cambridge University Press, 2001

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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
9780521640770
ISBN-10
0521640776
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-01-04
Pages
272
Dimensions
229x152x19
Weight
495