The fascinating correspondence of the Berlin lawyer and musician Christian Gottfried Krause is an important document reflecting the trends and developments in aesthetics, music theory and music making in the Prussian capital during the reign of Frederick the Great. Krause's letters shed light on the rise of a bourgeois music culture, which during h
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Dr Darrell M. Berg is Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Music at Washington University -- St Louis, USA
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Contents: Introduction: Musical interests; Intellectual background and interests; The Gleim circle; Contents of the Krause correspondence; Editorial policy. The Krause correspondence in German and English; Appendix: lieder that Krause set to music; Glossary of names; Bibliography; Index.