Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music

Nineteenth Century Chamber Music proceeds chronologically by composer, beginning with the majestic works of Beethoven, and continuing through Schubert, Spohr and Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, the French composers, Smetana and Dvorák, and the end-of-the-century pre-modernists. Each chapter is written by a noted authority in the field. The book serves as a general introduction to Romantic chamber music, and would be ideal for a seminar course on the subject or as an adjunct text for Introduction to Romantic Music courses. Plus, musicologists and students of 19th century music will find this to be an invaluable resource.

Stephen Hefling

CONTENTS Preface Contributors Acknowledgments 1. The Chamber Music of Beethoven 2. Schubert's Chamber Music 3. The Chamber Music of Spohr and Weber 4. The Chamber Music of Medelssohn 5. Beautiful and Abstruse Conversations: The Chamber Music of Schumann 6. Discourse and Allusion: The Chamber Music of Schumann 7. Chamber Music in France: From Cherubini to Debussy 8. The Chamber Music of Smetana and Dvorak 9. Fin de siecle Chamber Music and the Critique of Modernism Index