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Beethoven and His World / ed. by Michael P. Steinberg, Scott Burnham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Bard Music Festival ; 11Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691218328
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780/.92 B
LOC classification:
  • ML410.B4
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- PART I HEROIC BEETHOVEN -- In the Time(s) of the "Eroica" -- Beethoven, Florestan, and the Varieties of Heroism -- PART II LATE BEETHOVEN -- Memory and Invention at the Threshold of Beethoven's Late Style -- Voices and Their Rhythms in the First Movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109: Some Thoughts on the Performance and Analysis of a Late-Style Work -- Voicing Beethoven's Distant Beloved -- PART III BEETHOVEN IN THE WORKSHOP -- Keyboard Instruments of the Young Beethoven -- Contrast and Continuity in Beethoven's Creative Process -- PART IV BEETHOVEN IN THE WORLD -- Performances of Grief: Vienna's Response to the Death of Beethoven -- The Visual Beethoven: Whence, Why, and Whither the Scowl? -- Beethoven and Masculinity -- The Search for Meaning in Beethoven: Popularity, Intimacy, and Politics in Historical Perspective -- Index -- Notes on the Contributors
Summary: Few composers even begin to approach Beethoven's pervasive presence in modern Western culture, from the concert hall to the comic strip. Edited by a cultural historian and a music theorist, Beethoven and His World gathers eminent scholars from several disciplines who collectively speak to the range of Beethoven's importance and of our perennial fascination with him. The contributors address Beethoven's musical works and their cultural contexts. Reinhold Brinkmann explores the post-revolutionary context of Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, while Lewis Lockwood establishes a typology of heroism in works like Fidelio. Elaine Sisman, Nicholas Marston, and Glenn Stanley discuss issues of temporality, memory, and voice in works at the threshold of Beethoven's late style, such as An die Ferne Geliebte, the Cello Sonata op. 102, no. 1, and the somewhat later Piano Sonata op. 109. Peering behind the scenes into Beethoven's workshop, Tilman Skowroneck explains how the young Beethoven chose his pianos, and William Kinderman shows Beethoven in the process of sketching and revising his compositions. The volume concludes with four essays engaging the broader question of reception of Beethoven's impact on his world and ours. Christopher Gibbs' study of Beethoven's funeral and its aftermath features documentary material appearing in English for the first time; art historian Alessandra Comini offers an illustrated discussion of Beethoven's ubiquitous and iconic frown; Sanna Pederson takes up the theme of masculinity in critical representations of Beethoven; and Leon Botstein examines the aesthetics and politics of hearing extramusical narratives and plots in Beethoven's music. Bringing together varied and fresh approaches to the West's most celebrated composer, this collection of essays provides music lovers with an enriched understanding of Beethoven--as man, musician, and phenomenon.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- PART I HEROIC BEETHOVEN -- In the Time(s) of the "Eroica" -- Beethoven, Florestan, and the Varieties of Heroism -- PART II LATE BEETHOVEN -- Memory and Invention at the Threshold of Beethoven's Late Style -- Voices and Their Rhythms in the First Movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109: Some Thoughts on the Performance and Analysis of a Late-Style Work -- Voicing Beethoven's Distant Beloved -- PART III BEETHOVEN IN THE WORKSHOP -- Keyboard Instruments of the Young Beethoven -- Contrast and Continuity in Beethoven's Creative Process -- PART IV BEETHOVEN IN THE WORLD -- Performances of Grief: Vienna's Response to the Death of Beethoven -- The Visual Beethoven: Whence, Why, and Whither the Scowl? -- Beethoven and Masculinity -- The Search for Meaning in Beethoven: Popularity, Intimacy, and Politics in Historical Perspective -- Index -- Notes on the Contributors

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Few composers even begin to approach Beethoven's pervasive presence in modern Western culture, from the concert hall to the comic strip. Edited by a cultural historian and a music theorist, Beethoven and His World gathers eminent scholars from several disciplines who collectively speak to the range of Beethoven's importance and of our perennial fascination with him. The contributors address Beethoven's musical works and their cultural contexts. Reinhold Brinkmann explores the post-revolutionary context of Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, while Lewis Lockwood establishes a typology of heroism in works like Fidelio. Elaine Sisman, Nicholas Marston, and Glenn Stanley discuss issues of temporality, memory, and voice in works at the threshold of Beethoven's late style, such as An die Ferne Geliebte, the Cello Sonata op. 102, no. 1, and the somewhat later Piano Sonata op. 109. Peering behind the scenes into Beethoven's workshop, Tilman Skowroneck explains how the young Beethoven chose his pianos, and William Kinderman shows Beethoven in the process of sketching and revising his compositions. The volume concludes with four essays engaging the broader question of reception of Beethoven's impact on his world and ours. Christopher Gibbs' study of Beethoven's funeral and its aftermath features documentary material appearing in English for the first time; art historian Alessandra Comini offers an illustrated discussion of Beethoven's ubiquitous and iconic frown; Sanna Pederson takes up the theme of masculinity in critical representations of Beethoven; and Leon Botstein examines the aesthetics and politics of hearing extramusical narratives and plots in Beethoven's music. Bringing together varied and fresh approaches to the West's most celebrated composer, this collection of essays provides music lovers with an enriched understanding of Beethoven--as man, musician, and phenomenon.

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