Table of Contents

1. Setting the scene; 2. Selling symphonies; 3. Performing symphonies; 4. A tale of two brothers: Anton and Paul Wranitzky; 5. Loose ends and false beginnings; 6. A rare and rarefied genre; 7. Beethoven and the decline of the symphony; 8. The reformulation of the symphony and Beethoven; List of sources, thematic catalogues and modern editions; Bibliography.

Promotional Information

A 2006 study of the history of the symphony in Vienna during Beethoven's lifetime.

About the Author

David Wyn Jones is Reader in Music at Cardiff University.

Reviews

'... a worthy contribution to our newly broadening view of this pivotal moment in European music.' Times Literary Supplement 'This is an exemplary study, with valuable illustrations, tables and music examples; there are details of sources, thematic catalogues and modern editions, a bibliography and a good index.' Peter Branscombe, University of St Andrews '...David Wyn Jones has assembled an account that provides an excellent overview of the whole picture of symphonic writing in Vienna and its neighbourhood from the 1970s to the late 1820s, enabling Beethoven's symphonies to be seen in their more immediate context for the first time...and there is much excellent and original research embodied here. Yet the book remains very lucid and readable' Music and Letters 'Remarkable both for the uniquely accessible quality of writing and the depth of scholarship, The Symphony in Beethoven's Vienna by David Wyn Jones, Reader of Music at Cardiff University, is an excellent addition to the world of research on Beethoven's life and times for both the amateur and the more serious Beethoven scholar. ...This book puts so many things into perspective that it seems each page leads to a new revelation. ...I feel safe in saying this is a magnificent, rare look at the composers who were working in and around Vienna just prior to and during Beethoven's tenure in that city. It puts Beethoven into a unique historical context.' Notes