Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf (2009)

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf is easy to peg as a standard bearer for conventional classical style; the better part of his enormous output is relatively consistent with the notion of the late eighteenth-century classic as a confectionary, cookie-cutter mode of music with little to distinguish it artistically, yet wholly suitable to match the taste of the soon-to-be deposed aristocracy that paid Ditters' bills. However, one fly in that ointment is that Ditters never held more than a regional post as kapellmeister, and his ... Read More

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf is easy to peg as a standard bearer for conventional classical style; the better part of his enormous output is relatively consistent with the notion of the late eighteenth-century classic as a confectionary, cookie-cutter mode of music with little to distinguish it artistically, yet wholly suitable to match the taste of the soon-to-be deposed aristocracy that paid Ditters' bills. However, one fly in that ointment is that Ditters never held more than a regional post as kapellmeister, and his popularity in Vienna -- along with the welter of eighteenth-century prints of Ditters' music to follow -- was based, like that of Franz Joseph Haydn, upon his periodic visits to the city. Another fly is that exceptions to this rule may be found among several of Ditters' 120 or so symphonies, such as "The Delirium of Composers" and his set of six symphonies based on Ovid's "Metamorphoses." While the vast majority of Ditters' work is instrumental in nature, he was required to compose... Read Less

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