{"product_id":"the-beloved-vision-a-history-of-nineteenth-century-music-hardcover","title":"The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"**A \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\"Best Book of the Year\"**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An excellent work of history.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich and luminous biography of nineteenth century music.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen one thinks of \"great\" classical music--music with the most emotional resonance and timelessness--we harken back to the nineteenth century and the Romantic tradition. We recall the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera, the swooning orchestration of a Tchaikovsky symphony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe emotional resonance of nineteenth century has moved generations muscians and resonated with countless listeners. It has inspired artists and writers. But no writer until how has adopted such a vividly insightful narrative approach as Stephen Walsh and he shows how there is more to Romantic music that meets the eye--and the ear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith authority, insight, and passion, \u003ci\u003eThe Beloved Vision\u003c\/i\u003e, links the music history of this singular epoch to the ideas that lay behind Romanticism in all its manifestations. In this complete, entertaining, and singularly readable account, we come to understand the entire phase in music history that has become the mainstay of the twentieth and twenty-first century concert and operatic repertoire. We also come to understand Beethoven, Mahler, Schubert, Chopin, and Wagner anew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe narrative begins in the eighteenth century, with C.P.E. Bach, Haydn and the literary movement known as \u003ci\u003eSturm und Drang\u003c\/i\u003e, seen as a reaction of the individual artist to the confident certainties of the Enlightenment. The windows are flung open, and everything to do with style, form, even technique, is exposed to the emotional and intellectual weather, the impulses and preferences of the individual composer. Risk taking--the braving of the unknown--was certainly an important part of what the composers wanted to do, as true of Chopin and Verdi as it is of Berlioz and Wagner. It's an exciting, colorful, story, told with passion but also with the precision and clarity of detail for which Stephen Walsh is so widely admired. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beloved Visi\u003c\/i\u003eon is a cultural tour de force, by turns bold, challenging, and immensely stimulating.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Music at Cardiff University and the author of a number of books on music including \u003ci\u003eDebussy: A Painter in Sound, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusorgsky and His Circle\u003c\/i\u003e and the prizewinning, two-volume biography of Igor Stravinsky. He served for many years as deputy music critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e and writes reviews for a variety of publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766120055072,"sku":"9781639362363","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/190a3a95ed590bdb50b71dc3e7cabeb0.webp?v=1780286020","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-beloved-vision-a-history-of-nineteenth-century-music-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}