Salon music - the works of composers - epigones of classical and romantic styles, designed for success (usually superficial) among listeners of aristocratic salons of the 19th century.
Salon Music Characteristics
- Brilliant, elegant texture ;
- External virtuoso effects;
- Sensitive melody ;
- Lusciously harmonious harmony .
The lyrical programmatic nature of salon music is directed towards the "general places" of poetry in a sentimental - romantic direction.
In general, salon music is distinguished by its uncreative attitude to professional tradition and the authenticity of artistic expressiveness, when, according to R. Schuman , "everything is only artificially heated, only coquettish, only learned."
Famous Authors
- A. Toma
- A. Bertini
- C. Krebs
- A. Hertz
- A. Halm
Links
- Salon music // Musical dictionary [Transl. with him. B.P. Jurgenson, add. Russian Lead] / Riemann G. - M .: DirectMedia Publishing, 2008.