Reveals how the culture and repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom permeated and intersected with other areas of musical life.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. The public ball in Viennese musical life, 1770 1830; 2. Early waltz dances of the Viennese ballroom: transmission and transformation in eighteenth-century music and dance; 3. The minuet: performing aristocracy in the Viennese ballroom; 4. The contredanse: participation and spectatorship in the public ballroom; 5. Dance arrangements from the Viennese stage; 6. Battle waltzes: programmatic music in the ballroom; 7. The Congress dances': the Viennese public ball and court-sponsored festivities at the Congress of Vienna; Epilogue; Appendix: Selected original musical sources consulted; Bibliography.
