Nineteenth-century music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts. Music in the Nineteenth Century examines the period from the Congress of Vienna in

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The most informed reference book on nineteenth-century music currently available, this comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the mo

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