Beethoven Impressions By His Contemporaries

Author : Oscar Sonneck
Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-06T00:00:00Z
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781774643266

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Beethoven: Impressions by His Contemporaries by Oscar Sonneck Pdf

Beethoven's eating habits, his growing deafness and ill-health, his tendency to be suspicious of friends, his daily schedule of work, his famous contempt for etiquette, his daily walks in all weathers, his brilliant abilities as composer and conductor - all these traits and characteristics are described in this book by contemporary friends and acquaintances of the great master. This compilation contains the most interesting, evocative, and amusing sections of letters, diaries, memoirs, etc. describing Beethoven. There are notes on the young Beethoven by his father's landlord, by young Beethoven's piano teacher, by admiring friends, by such musical giants as Rossini, Weber, and Liszt, by the poet Goethe, and by many others. The book is illustrated with sixteen portraits of Beethoven. Arranged chronologically, this engrossing collection presents a remarkably full and convincing picture of Beethoven and his time.

Author : Oscar George Theodore Sonneck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1066802438

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Beethoven : Impressions by His Contemporaries by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck Pdf

Author : O. G. Sonneck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1985-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0844629731

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Beethoven by O. G. Sonneck Pdf

Author : Oscar George Sonneck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1050477424

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Beethoven: Impressions by His Contemporaries by Oscar George Sonneck Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UGA:32108002776162

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Beethoven by Anonim Pdf

Author : Oscar George Sonneck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:340140250

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Beethoven by Oscar George Sonneck Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:867879153

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Beethoven by Anonim Pdf

Author : Karl Friedrich Ludwig Nohl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600017498

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Beethoven depicted by his contemporaries, by L. Nohl., tr. by E. Hill by Karl Friedrich Ludwig Nohl Pdf

Author : Robert S. Kahn
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
ISBN : 9780810874183

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Beethoven and the Grosse Fuge by Robert S. Kahn Pdf

This book looks closely at both Beethoven and the Grosse Fuge, placing both in their historical and social contexts. It considers interesting questions about whether absolute music--music without words--can have meaning and speculates that some works of Western music can evoke synesthesia in listeners--a sense of motion through three-dimensional volumes of space. The author also speculates that Beethoven's long creative dry spell in his late 40s was caused by an extended bout with clinical depression.

Author : John Suchet
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780802192912

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Beethoven by John Suchet Pdf

“An ideal ‘first book’ on Beethoven” from one of the world’s most eminent classical music aficionados (Booklist). Beethoven scholar and classical radio host John Suchet has had a lifelong, ardent interest in the man and his music. Here, in his first full-length biography, Suchet illuminates the composer’s difficult childhood, his struggle to maintain friendships and romances, his ungovernable temper, his obsessive efforts to control his nephew’s life, and the excruciating decline of his hearing. This absorbing narrative provides a comprehensive account of a momentous life, as it takes the reader on a journey from the composer’s birth in Bonn to his death in Vienna. Chronicling the landmark events in Beethoven’s career—from his competitive encounters with Mozart to the circumstances surrounding the creation of the well-known “Für Elise” and Moonlight Sonata—this book enhances understanding of the composer’s character, inspiring a deeper appreciation for his work. Beethoven scholarship is constantly evolving, and Suchet draws on the latest research, using rare source material (some of which has never before been published in English) to paint a complete and vivid portrait of the legendary prodigy. “A gripping and thought-provoking read.” —Howard Shelley, pianist and conductor “By exercising a genuine authority in identifying how Beethoven, the man, manifests himself in our appreciation of the music, Suchet brings an incisive freshness to an extraordinary life.” —Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music

Author : Ludwig Nohl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 1627920455

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Beethoven Depicted by His Contemporaries by Ludwig Nohl Pdf

Author : Anthony Tommasini
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780698150133

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The Indispensable Composers by Anthony Tommasini Pdf

An exploration into the question of greatness from the Chief Classical Music Critic of the New York Times When he began to listen to the great works of classical music as a child, Anthony Tommasini had many questions. Why did a particular piece move him? How did the music work? Over time, he realized that his passion for this music was not enough. He needed to understand it. Take Bach, for starters. Who was he? How does one account for his music and its unshakeable hold on us today? As a critic, Tommasini has devoted particular attention to living composers and overlooked repertory. But, like all classical music lovers, the canon has remained central for him. In 2011, in his role as the Chief Classical Music Critic for the New York Times, he wrote a popular series in which he somewhat cheekily set out to determine the all-time top ten composers. Inviting input from readers, Tommasini wrestled with questions of greatness. Readers joined the exercise in droves. Some railed against classical music’s obsession with greatness but then raged when Mahler was left off the final list. This intellectual game reminded them why they loved music in the first place. Now in THE INDISPENSABLE COMPOSERS, Tommasini offers his own personal guide to the canon--and what greatness really means in classical music. What does it mean to be canonical now? Who gets to say? And do we have enough perspective on the 20th century to even begin assessing it? To make his case, Tommasini draws on elements of biography, the anxiety of influence, the composer's relationships with colleagues, and shifting attitudes toward a composer's work over time. Because he has spent his life contemplating these titans, Tommasini shares impressions from performances he has heard or given or moments when his own biography proves revealing. As he argues for his particular pantheon of indispensable composers, Anthony Tommasini provides a masterclass in what to listen for and how to understand what music does to us.

Author : Angus Watson
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781843837169

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Beethoven's Chamber Music in Context by Angus Watson Pdf

A noted violinist and conductor, Watson is particularly well suited for his chosen task: outlining the historical context and character of more than 50 of the chamber works that Beethoven composed during his years in Vienna. Avoiding the pitfalls of becoming too critical or "academic," the author characterizes each composition in general terms only, and does not discuss changing styles of performance. Instead, Watson provides information on a work's historical background and character, and on the musical points of interest in each movement. He pays special attention to the influence of Beethoven's large-scale compositions on his chamber music, and on the composer's increasing mastery of improvisation. Filling a hole in scholarship on Beethoven's compositions, this book will be greatly appreciated by professional and amateur musicians.

Author : Richard Taruskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 3856 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199813698

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Oxford History of Western Music by Richard Taruskin Pdf

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. Written by an authoritative, opinionated, and controversial figure in musicology, The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works, a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered. Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understood it. It also describes how the c

Author : Scott Burnham,Michael P. Steinberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780691218328

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

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.