Book contents
- The Viennese Ballroom in the Age of Beethoven
- The Viennese Ballroom in the Age of Beethoven
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Public Ball in Viennese Musical Life, 1770–1830
- 2 Early Viennese Waltz Dances
- 3 The Minuet
- 4 The Viennese Contredanse
- 5 Dance Arrangements from the Viennese Stage
- 6 Battle Waltzes
- 7 ‘The Congress Dances’
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Selected Original Musical Sources Consulted
- Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2021
- The Viennese Ballroom in the Age of Beethoven
- The Viennese Ballroom in the Age of Beethoven
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Public Ball in Viennese Musical Life, 1770–1830
- 2 Early Viennese Waltz Dances
- 3 The Minuet
- 4 The Viennese Contredanse
- 5 Dance Arrangements from the Viennese Stage
- 6 Battle Waltzes
- 7 ‘The Congress Dances’
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Selected Original Musical Sources Consulted
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
While writing this book at my home in San José, California, I have on several occasions heard an ice cream van drive down my street whose music is the melody of Mozart’s Ländler K. 606 no. 1 (Example 8.1). I may be the only person in the neighbourhood familiar with the original source of the music, which is obscure even in the context of the Viennese Classical repertoire. If I had not spent the past few years researching Viennese dance music I would not have been familiar with it either. This fact in itself raises issues pertinent to the broader issues discussed in the preceding chapters.
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- The Viennese Ballroom in the Age of Beethoven , pp. 170 - 171Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021