The Great Transformation of Musical Taste: Concert Programming from Haydn to Brahms

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Summary

A study of how musical taste evolved in European concert programs from 1750 to 1870.

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Introduction
Miscellany and Collegiality, 1750-1800
Concepts and contexts
Variations on miscellany
Crisis and Experiment, 1800-1848
Musical idealism and the crisis of the old order
The rise of the chamber-music concert
Convention and experiment in benefit and virtuoso concerts
Toward classical-music orchestral concerts
Promenade concerts: rise of the 'pops'
Founding a New Order, 1848-1875
Classical music achieves hegemony
Vocal music for the general public
Epilogue: state of the musical community in 1914
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