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Bibliography

Topic: Chamber music and society in the 19th century

1. Baron, John H. (1998). Intimate Music: A History of the Idea of Chamber Music. Pendragon Press. ISBN: 1-57647-100-4.

The first source that I found is about the history of chamber music, basically focuses on the development of chamber music during 17-19th century. There are many comparison between the society changes in the 18th and the 19th century, and the chronological order shows how chamber music has developed over time.

2. Notley, Margaret. (1999). Late-Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music and the Cult of the Classical Adagio. University of California Press. doi:10.2307/746846

This source discussed about the cultural development had impact the society of chamber music in the late 19th century. Although the title only mentioned "late 19th century," part of the content was extended backward to 18th century so that readers could understand the connection between the boundaries. The massive music score's analysis in the book is not quite applicable for my article, but it helped to shape reader's thoughts on the change of form in chamber music.

3. Ross, April R. (2015). A Guide to Arranging Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century Harmoniemusik in an Historical Style. University of North Texas Libraries. Retrieved from: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804847/

The source talks about the popular ensemble and the change of style in chamber music writing in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. There are comparison of works between composers of different period, which helps to see the change of writing style in chamber music in different classical period.

4. Lott, Marie S. (2008) Audience and style in nineteenth-century chamber music, c. 1830 to 1880. University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

This is a perfect source for my article because it has focused on the development of the society and style of chamber music in the nineteenth-century, which matches my article perfectly. The source talks about the relationship between the producers and consumers in the chamber music society. It also talks about how the consumers, or the receivers changes over time and how it affects the market of chamber music throughout nineteenth century.

5. Bashford, C. (2010). Historiography and Invisible Musics: Domestic Chamber Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Journal of the American Musicological Society. doi:10.1525/jams.2010.63.2.291

Unlike other sources which are more likely to focus on the "central" of the chamber music, this source talks about the history of chamber music in nineteenth century Britain. Britain is more of a peripheral one compare to places like Vienna or Germany when we talks about chamber music, but I think it is also important to talk about it since most of the time these sources often being disregarded as people will always focus on the "mainstreams."

Bibliography format & annotation

1.    Baron, John H. Intimate Music: A History of the Idea of Chamber Music. Pendragon Press, 1998.

The author, John Herschel Baron, a noteworthy music educator and musicologist[1], discussed the development of chamber music over times. He talks about the democratization of chamber music which affect the stylistic features in chamber music writing, and the change in social and aesthetic aspect due to historical condition. He also talks about the rising interest in the Hausmusik(salon music), which makes the middle class become the lead in performing chamber music in the first half of the 19^th century. Besides the “central” development of chamber music, Baron also mentioned the development of chamber music of the 19^th century from other countries, which make readers to have a sense of how chamber music has developed differently in the “peripheral” countries.

2.    Notley, Margaret. Late-Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music and the Cult of the Classical Adagio. University of California Press, 1999.

The author, Margaret Notley, a music professor and coordinator at University of North Texas, talks about “full awakening of inwardness” by the end of 18^th century and how Adagio –the second movement of a piece has been seen as the most beautiful and expressive part in the German sonata form in chamber music. Slow movements have always received little attention since that it took some time for the audiences to learn how to listen to/ appreciate, most of the time, mournful and serious musical work. She also discussed the relationship between the canonization of the Classical repertory with the growing in the importance of slow movement in the late nineteenth century. Unlike other sources which provides an overlook of development in chamber music in 19^th century, the discussion of the changes in the status of “Adagio” in chamber music is a rather unexpected and unique way to approach chamber music history.

3.    Ross, April R. (2015), “An evolution of style: Beethoven, Sedlak, and Beyond: A Guide to Arranging Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century Harmoniemusik in an Historical Style" (DMA Dissertation, University of North Texas), 37-46.

The author, a doctoral candidate in music degree at University of North Texas, analyses and compares compositions by various classical composers in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century and discussed about how the styles in the arrangements of classical works has changed over time in her dissertation. It served as a tool for classical music performers today to study the arrangement in classical music works in an historical style. In contrast, an earlier study by Marie Lott has a similar approach on the topic but focused on musical works from 1920 to 1980.

4.    Lott, Marie S. (2008) “Communing with Fellow Composers, Past, Present, Future: Audience and style in nineteenth-century chamber music, c. 1830 to 1880" (DMA Dissertation, Eastman School of Music), 210-284.

The author, a researcher at University of Rochester, studies the changes in the reciprocal bond between consumers and producers in chamber music throughout the 19^th century. She also discussed the relationship between composers, in particular Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms, and how the relationship between these musicians affect the musical language in their compositions. Compare to the dissertation about by April Ross, Marie Lott focused more on the connection and examines the relationships between well-known composers in the nineteenth century.

5.    Bashford, Christina. (Summer 2010). “Historiography and Invisible Musics: Domestic Chamber Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain” Journal of the American Musicological Society. 63. 291-360.

The author, Christina Bashford, In this journal, she claims that the idea of chamber music in the 19^th century Britain didn’t gain as much attention and importance as it was in Austro-Germany. She talks about the subculture of chamber music in Britain, which was often performed in an unexpected setting, and were mainly performed in the upper- and middle-class community by males. The idea of masculinity, intellectualism and national identity has changed the public view on the personal pursuit of chamber music in wealthy men. Bashford compares a lot the stylistic and society changes in chamber music between Britain and the “central“ countries like Vienna and Germany, but compare to the first source by Baron, her research is only focuses on a single country while Baron talks about the peripheral aspects of chamber music in general.

References

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[1] John Herschel Baron. (2021) Prabook. Retrieved from: https://prabook.com/web/john_herschel.baron/1667061

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