Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792-1807
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'... a pioneering study of this neglected musician and patron ... A warm and attractive portrait of the empress emerges from this study ... Rice's is a model study of an enchanting subject.' Musical Times
'Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court is an admiring and in places quietly moving accounts of the efforts of Marie Therese to surround herself and her court with music even as the system she helped to sustain was collapsing around her.' The Times Literary Supplement
'John A. Rice's excellent new study of the Empress Marie Therese (1772-1807) makes an important contribution to the growing body of scholarship on Vienna's musical culture. Rice's chosen scheme explicates his material thoroughly and raises issues that bear further scholarly consideration, while creating a highly readable portrait of an appealing and intriguing patron. Both Marie Therese and the scholarly community have been well served by his efforts.' Eighteenth-Century Music
Book Description
Empress Marie Therese, second wife of Emperor Franz II, devoted much of her life to music. She played piano and sang, compiled a large music library and supported professional musicians and composers. This comprehensive survey of the Empress as musician and patron is based upon John Rice's discovery and analysis of extensive unpublished material from her private collection. In this work Rice introduces readers to the musical and cultural worlds of the Viennese court at the end of the eighteenth century.
Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792-1807
Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792-1807,John A. Rice,Cambridge University Press,0521825121,18th century,19th century,Austria,Contributions in music,General,History,History and criticism,Maria Theresa,,Music,Vienna,Women music patrons,d. 1807,of Naples-Sicily, Empress, con,Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830),Music / General
Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792-1807
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