Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Revival in Context
Haydn's Fall
A Reputation at an Ebb
Recomposing H-A-Y-D-N in Fin de Siecle France
Eccentric Haydn as Teacher
Haydn and the Neglect of German Genius
Schoenberg's Lineage to Haydn
Haydn in American Musical Culture
Croatian Tunes, Slavic Paradigms, and the Anglophone Haydn
The Genesis of Tovey's Haydn
Conclusion: Haydn in the "Bad Old Days"
Appendix: A Note on Methodology and the Russians
Notes
Bibliography
Index
BRYAN PROKSCH is Professor of music history and literature at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX
[Proksch goes beyond previous studies by Botstein and Garratt by
illustrating] how the nineteenth-century degradation and the
twentieth-century revival of Haydn's music are both linked to the
championing of newer music by composers and critics. Proksch's
historical narrative...is certainly compelling. Haydn enthusiasts
and scholars alike will greatly appreciate this story told in a
reasonably comprehensive, single-volume account.
*FONTES ARTIS MUSICAE*
Sensitively outlines the progression in which Haydn came
increasingly to be viewed as a mere stepping-stone toward Ludwig
van Beethoven. Heinrich Schenker's diverse approaches to the
composer are explored . . . most persuasively. Proksch's drawing on
diverse primary sources allows for precious insights into the
American musical scene. A thoughtfully written and overall very
useful addition to the Haydn literature. Forcefully reminds us that
Haydn's historical and aesthetic relevance is not an absolute
given, but something his advocates must fight for day by day in the
concert halls, in the general press, and in scholarly
publications.
*MLA NOTES*
Proksch masterfully untangles the various agendas that marked
Haydn's reception, especially those involved in rebuilding the
composer's reputation in the post-Romantic era. Reception
historians must take up the challenge to explore that mind and
ferret out hidden significance and meaning; to do less is simply to
report what has already been printed or said. Proksch answers the
call admirably and tells a fascinating story in the process.
*HAYDN JOURNAL*
Haydn scholarship has long been in need of a comprehensive account
of the composer's reception. One of Proksch's most striking
insights is that both the decline and the revival of the composer's
critical fortunates were connected to the claims of new music. The
case studies cover France, Austria and Germany, the United States,
and Great Britain, and involve figures such as d'Indy,
Saint-Sae'ns, Schenker, Schoenberg, and Tovey. Bryan Proksch offers
plenty of fresh material to chew on, especially for his focal
period of the first half of the twentieth century. JOURNAL OF THE
AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY [W. Dean Sutcliffe]
*JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY*
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