Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSD:31822036214179
The Beethoven Journal
Anonim
The Beethoven Journal
The Beethoven Journal Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of The Beethoven Journal book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Beethoven's Lives
Lewis Lockwood
Author : Lewis Lockwood
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781783275519
Beethoven's Lives by Lewis Lockwood Pdf
With basic assumptions shared and (new) facts evolving over time, Lockwood claims, the Beethoven biographer's role has remained highly personal.
Beethoven
William Kinderman
Author : William Kinderman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 0198043953
Beethoven by William Kinderman Pdf
Combining musical insight with the most recent research, William Kinderman's Beethoven is both a richly drawn portrait of the man and a guide to his music. Kinderman traces the composer's intellectual and musical development from the early works written in Bonn to the Ninth Symphony and the late quartets, looking at compositions from different and original perspectives that show Beethoven's art as a union of sensuous and rational, of expression and structure. In analyses of individual pieces, Kinderman shows that the deepening of Beethoven's musical thought was a continuous process over decades of his life. In this new updated edition, Kinderman gives more attention to the composer's early chamber music, his songs, his opera Fidelio, and to a number of often-neglected works of the composer's later years and fascinating projects left incomplete. A revised view emerges from this of Beethoven's aesthetics and the musical meaning of his works. Rather than the conventional image of a heroic and tormented figure, Kinderman provides a more complex, more fully rounded account of the composer. Although Beethoven's deafness and his other personal crises are addressed, together with this ever-increasing commitment to his art, so too are the lighter aspects of his personality: his humor, his love of puns, his great delight in juxtaposing the exalted and the commonplace.
Beethoven, Letters, Journals, and Conversations
Ludwig van Beethoven,Michael Hamburger
Author : Ludwig van Beethoven,Michael Hamburger
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Composers
ISBN : 0500273243
Beethoven, Letters, Journals, and Conversations by Ludwig van Beethoven,Michael Hamburger Pdf
Comments by contemporaries depict the composer's music and personality and accompany selections from his letters to friends and other artists
The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas
Barry Cooper
Author : Barry Cooper
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317037095
The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas by Barry Cooper Pdf
Beethoven’s piano sonatas are a cornerstone of the piano repertoire and favourites of both the concert hall and recording studio. The sonatas have been the subject of much scholarship, but no single study gives an adequate account of the processes by which these sonatas were composed and published. With source materials such as sketches and correspondence increasingly available, the time is ripe for a close study of the history of these works. Barry Cooper, who in 2007 produced a new edition of all 35 sonatas, including three that are often overlooked, examines each sonata in turn, addressing questions such as: Why were they written? Why did they turn out as they did? How did they come into being and how did they reach their final form? Drawing on the composer’s sketches, autograph scores and early printed editions, as well as contextual material such as correspondence, Cooper explores the links between the notes and symbols found in the musical texts of the sonatas, and the environment that brought them about. The result is a biography not of the composer, but of the works themselves.
Letters, Journals and Conversations [of] (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Author : Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1376889268
Letters, Journals and Conversations [of] (Beethoven) by Ludwig van Beethoven Pdf
Beethoven’s Dedications
Artur Pereira
Author : Artur Pereira
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780429997877
Beethoven’s Dedications by Artur Pereira Pdf
The dedication of a piece of music is a feature generally overlooked, but it can reveal a great deal about the work, the composer, the society and the music world in which the composer lived. This book explores the musical, biographical and sociological aspects of the practice of dedicating new compositions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and makes a significant contribution towards a better understanding of the impact these tributes had on Beethoven’s life and work, and their function within the context of the musical, cultural and economic environments in which they appeared. As the first of its kind, this study demonstrates that, as a result of their different functions, published dedications and handwritten inscriptions are distinct from one another, and for that reason they have been classified in different categories. This book, therefore, challenges the idea of what exactly can be termed as a ‘dedication’, a concept which extends far beyond the dedication of musical works.
The Beethoven Newsletter
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015031141214
The Beethoven Newsletter by Anonim Pdf
Experiencing Beethoven
Geoffrey Block
Author : Geoffrey Block
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442245464
Experiencing Beethoven by Geoffrey Block Pdf
Experiencing Beethoven, music historian Geoffrey Block explores in layman’s terms a highly representative body of about two dozen Beethoven instrumental and vocal works, offering listeners who know him well, or are just discovering him, an opportunity to grasp the breadth and depth of his musical genius. Experiencing Beethoven places the composer’s works within the evolving context of his personal and professional life and social and cultural milieu. Block sheds light on the public and private audiences of Beethoven’s music, from the concerts for the composer’s own financial benefit to the debut of the “Eroica” Symphony at the palace of Prince Lobkowitz to the historic public premiere of his Ninth Symphony. Experiencing Beethoven paints a portrait of the composer’s youth in Bonn, his early triumphs and artistic maturation in Vienna, and—despite the challenges his music posed to his contemporaries— the recognition he received during his lifetime as the most acclaimed composer of the era. Block conveys the range and scope of Beethoven’s achievement, from his heroic style to his lyricism, grappling throughout with the composer’s power to communicate his idealistic musical vision to listeners in both his time and ours. Finally, Experiencing Beethoven explores why Beethoven’s music continues to enjoy an unwavering appeal in an age saturated with a range of musical styles.
Planet Beethoven
Mina Yang
Author : Mina Yang
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780819574879
Planet Beethoven by Mina Yang Pdf
In Planet Beethoven, Mina Yang makes the compelling case that classical music in the twenty-first century is just as vibrant and relevant as ever—but with significant changes that give us insight into the major cultural shifts of our day. Perusing events, projects, programs, writings, musicians, and compositions, Yang shines a spotlight on the Western art music tradition. The book covers an array of topics, from the use of Beethoven’s “Für Elise” in YouTube clips and hip-hop, to the marketing claims of Baby Einstein products, and the new forms of music education introduced by Gustavo Dudamel, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. While the book is global in its outlook, each chapter investigates the unique attributes of a specific performer, performance, or event. One chapter reflects on Chinese pianist Yuja Wang’s controversial performance at the Hollywood Bowl, another explores the highly symbolic Passion 2000 Project in Stuttgart, Germany. Sure to be of interest to students, professionals, and aficionados, Planet Beethoven traces the tensions that arise from the “classical” nature of this tradition and our rapidly changing world. Ebook Edition Note: One image has been redacted.
Beethoven and Greco-Roman Antiquity
Jos van der Zanden
Author : Jos van der Zanden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000442779
Beethoven and Greco-Roman Antiquity by Jos van der Zanden Pdf
Ludwig van Beethoven had a life beyond music. He considered it his duty to spend leisure-time improving his Bildung (sophistication). To this end he familiarised himself with tangible manifestations of Greco-Roman antiquity, for he perceived these cultures and their representatives as examples of intellectual, moral, and artistic perfection. He consumed such writers as Homer, Plutarch, Horace, Tacitus, Euripides, and Greek poets. These texts were morally uplifting for him, and advantageous for building character. They now hold a key to Beethoven’s ideal of a steadfast, austere, and Stoic outlook, necessary for a ‘great man’ to carry out his duties. Jos van der Zanden demonstrates that Beethoven’s engagement with Greco-Roman culture was deep and ongoing, and that it ventured beyond the non-committal. Drawing on a comprehensive investigation of primary sources (letters, conversation books, diaries, recollections of contemporaries) he examines what Beethoven knew of such topics like history, art, politics, and philosophy of antiquity. The book presents new information on the composer’s republicanism, his familiarity with the works of Plato, his admiration of the elderly Brutus, his plan to utilize ‘unresolved dissonances’ in an unknown piece of music, and his decision to subscribe to a book about ancient Greek poetry. A hitherto unknown vocal piece based on lines by Euripides is revealed. The study concludes with a comprehensive survey of all compositions and sketches by Beethoven based on Greco-Roman subjects.
Beethoven 1806
Mark Ferraguto
Author : Mark Ferraguto
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190947194
Beethoven 1806 by Mark Ferraguto Pdf
Between early 1806 and early 1807, Ludwig van Beethoven completed a remarkable series of instrumental works. But critics have struggled to reconcile the music of this banner year with Beethoven's "heroic style," the paradigm through which his middle-period works have typically been understood. Drawing on theories of mediation and a wealth of primary sources, Beethoven 1806 explores the specific contexts in which the music of this year was conceived, composed, and heard. As author Mark Ferraguto argues, understanding this music depends on appreciating the relationships that it both creates and reflects. Not only did Beethoven depend on patrons, performers, publishers, critics, and audiences to earn a living, but he also tailored his compositions to suit particular sensibilities, proclivities, and technologies.
Beethoven: The Music and the Life
Lewis Lockwood
Author : Lewis Lockwood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780393347555
Beethoven: The Music and the Life by Lewis Lockwood Pdf
An authoritative work offering a fresh look at Beethoven’s life, career, and milieu. “Magisterial” —New York Review of Books. This brilliant portrayal weaves Beethoven's musical and biographical stories into their historical and artistic contexts. Lewis Lockwood sketches the turbulent personal, historical, political, and cultural frameworks in which Beethoven worked and examines their effects on his music. "The result is that rarest of achievements, a profoundly humane work of scholarship that will—or at least should—appeal to specialists and generalists in equal measure" (Terry Teachout, Commentary). Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. "Lewis Lockwood has written a biography of Beethoven in which the hours that Beethoven spent writing music—that is, his methods of working, his interest in contemporary and past composers, the development of his musical intentions and ideals, his inner musical life, in short—have been properly integrated with the external events of his career. The book is invaluable." —Charles Rosen "Lockwood writes with poetry and clarity—a rare combination. I especially enjoyed the connection that he makes between the works of Beethoven and the social and political context of their creation—we feel closer to Beethoven the man without losing our wonder at his genius." —Emanuel Ax "The magnum opus of an illustrious Beethoven scholar. From now on, we will all turn to Lockwood's Beethoven: The Music and the Life for insight and instruction." —Maynard Solomon "This is truly the Beethoven biography for the intelligent reader. Lewis Lockwood speaks in his preface of writing on Beethoven's works at 'a highly accessible descriptive level.' But he goes beyond that. His discussion of the music, based on a deep knowledge of its context and the composition processes behind it, explains, elucidates, and is not afraid to evaluate; while the biographical chapters, clearly and unfussily written, and taking full account of the newest thinking on Beethoven, align closely with the musical discussion. The result is a deeply perceptive book that comes as close as can be to presenting the man and the music as a unity."—Stanley Sadie, editor, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians "Impressive for both its scholarship and its fresh insights, this landmark work—fully accessible to the interested amateur—immediately takes its place among the essential references on this composer and his music."—Bob Goldfarb, KUSC-FM 91.5 "Lockwood writes like an angel: lucid, enthusiastic, stirring and enlightening. Beethoven has found his ablest interpreter."—Jonathan Keates, The Spectator "There is no better survey of Beethoven's compositions for a wide audience."—Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times Book Review
Beethoven
Maynard Solomon
Author : Maynard Solomon
Publisher : Schirmer Trade Books
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857128133
Beethoven by Maynard Solomon Pdf
Hailed as a masterpiece for its original interpretations of Beethoven's life and music. This edition takes into account the latest information and literature. Includes a 30-page bibliographical essay, numerous illustrations, and a full-color pictorial biography of the composer.
Hearing Beethoven
Robin Wallace
Author : Robin Wallace
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226815367
Hearing Beethoven by Robin Wallace Pdf
We're all familiar with the image of a fierce and scowling Beethoven, struggling doggedly to overcome his rapidly progressing deafness. That Beethoven continued to play and compose for more than a decade after he lost his hearing is often seen as an act of superhuman heroism. But the truth is that Beethoven's response to his deafness was entirely human. And by demystifying what he did, we can learn a great deal about Beethoven's music. Perhaps no one is better positioned to help us do so than Robin Wallace, who not only has dedicated his life to the music of Beethoven but also has close personal experience with deafness. One day, at the age of forty-four, Wallace's late wife, Barbara, found she couldn't hear out of her right ear-the result of radiation administered to treat a brain tumor early in life. Three years later, she lost hearing in her left ear as well. Over the eight and a half years that remained of her life, despite receiving a cochlear implant, Barbara didn't overcome her deafness or ever function again like a hearing person. Wallace shows here that Beethoven didn't do those things, either. Rather than heroically overcoming his deafness, as we're commonly led to believe, Beethoven accomplished something even more difficult and challenging: he adapted to his hearing loss and changed the way he interacted with music, revealing important aspects of its very nature in the process. Creating music became for Beethoven a visual and physical process, emanating from visual cues and from instruments that moved and vibrated. His deafness may have slowed him down, but it also led to works of unsurpassed profundity.