John A. RiceEmpress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792 1807
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
List of tables
List of musical examples
List of abbreviations
Two intertwining family trees: the Habsburg-Lorraines of Austria and the Bourbons of Spain and Naples
A note about quotations and transcriptions of documents
Introduction
1. The empress as collector of music
2. Marie Therese's musicians
3. The empress as soprano
4. Private concerts
5. Celebrations of Franz's birthday and nameday
6. Musical caprice
7. Marie Therese's influence on music in the public sphere
8. The empress as conceiver, commissioner and shaper of musical works
9. Il conte Clò: a birthday cantata from inception to performance
10. Joseph Haydn and Beethoven between court and nobility
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Marie Therese's collection of church music
Appendix 2: Marie Therese's musical diary, 1801-3
Appendix 3: Paer's letters to the empress
Appendix 4: Correspondence between Paisiello and Marie Therese
Appendix 5: Documents pertaining to the development and performance of Paer's Il conte Clò
Bibliography
Index.