19th-Century Music: A Guide to Research and Resources

Guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music; books, articles in journals and magazines, dissertations and theses, and essays or chapters in Festschriften, treatises, and biographies. In addition to the core literature obscure citations are also included when they are the only studies in a particular field.

Chapters for general references, histories, individual composers, aspects of performance, facsimiles and critical editions, and miscellaneous topics; updated to cover research since publication of the first edition

A definitive if slightly old overview of the genre. Contains bibliography through 1997.

Provides a general introduction and peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies for topics on the symphony in the 19th Century. Make sure to select the subtopic: The 19th Century

Detailed review of the symphony's history with focused analytical essays from leading scholars on the symphonic music of both mainstream composers, including Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and lesser-known figures, including Carter, Berio and Maxwell Davies.