Book
Ahead of Publication
Music and Desire among the Austro-German Romantics
Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, Brahms, and the Schumanns
-
Chris Walton
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
Investigates the composition and reception of works by key Romantics such as Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner and the Schumanns with attention to the role of sexual desire in the composers' lives and music.
Author / Editor information
Walton Chris :
CHRIS WALTON taught music history at the Basel University of Music in Switzerland, is an Honorary Professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University in South Africa) and runs two research projects at the Bern University of the Arts for the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Topics
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook
Available soon
eBook ISBN:
9781805436904
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
288
Other:
25 music exx. and 11 b/w illus.
eBook ISBN:
9781805436904
Keywords for this book
Austro-German Romanticism; Beethoven; Schubert; Brahms; Wagner; Schumanns; Sexual Desire; Music Analysis; Reception History; 19th Century; Romantic Composers; Triangular Relationship
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
