Beethoven S Century
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Beethoven S Century
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Author : Hugh Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2008
Beethoven S Century written by Hugh Macdonald and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Essays by the noted authority on nineteenth-century music, the topics ranging from Beethoven and Schubert to comic opera to Scriabin and Janácek. In Beethoven's Century: Essays on Composers and Themes, world-renowned musicologist Hugh Macdonald draws together many of his richest essays on music from Beethoven's time into the early twentieth century. The essays are here revised and updated, and some are printed in English for the first time. Beethoven's Century addresses perennial questions of what music meant to the composer and his audiences, how it was intended to be played, andhow today's audiences can usefully approach it. Opening with a revealing analysis of Beethoven's not always generous regard for his listeners, the essays probe aspects of Schubert's musical personality, the brief friendshipbetween Berlioz and Schumann, Liszt's abilities as a conductor, and Viennese views of Wagner as expressed by Hugo Wolf. Essays on comic opera and trends in French opera libretti in the late nineteenth century reflect the author's long-standing sympathy for French music, and strikingly eccentric personalities in the world of music, such as Paganini, Alkan, Skryabin, and Janácek, are brought to life. Beethoven's Century concludes with a wrylook at some startling developments in early twentieth-century music that have often been overlooked. Hugh Macdonald has taught music at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Glasgow, and since 1987 has been Avis H. Blewett Distinguished Professor of Music at Washington University, St. Louis. He has written books on Skryabin and Berlioz, and is a regular pre-concert speaker for the Boston and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras.
The Invention Of Beethoven And Rossini
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Author : Nicholas Mathew
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-11-07
The Invention Of Beethoven And Rossini written by Nicholas Mathew and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-07 with History categories.
Leading scholars re-evaluate the opposition between Beethoven and Rossini, the great symbolic duo of early nineteenth-century music.
Beethoven S Encore In The 21st Century
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Author : C. C. Vaughan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-11-13
Beethoven S Encore In The 21st Century written by C. C. Vaughan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-13 with categories.
Mozart picked a flower and stuck it in a buttonhole of his vest. "I know what you're thinking, Ludwig, because I've thought it myself, but things have changed on Earth, and not for the better. I've heard from new arrivals that it's more tumultuous than ever. Bigger wars, more noise, more people, more police!" "Good! I want to go back! I want to write my tenth symphony! That atmosphere should help me to compose even more wild and passionate music than before." A companion Music CD by Robert James Ellis, Beethoven's Encore in the 21st Century, is available separately.
Beethoven Eroica Symphony
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Author : Thomas Sipe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998
Beethoven Eroica Symphony written by Thomas Sipe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Music categories.
The Eroica Symphony is perhaps Beethoven's most provocative work. Its unprecedented design and its powerful emotional impact forever redefined the potential of musical expression. The work was conceived as a homage to Napoleon Bonaparte, but understood for over a century as a passionate rejection of the tyranny he came to represent. This book traces the compositional process and puts the Eroica in precise historical and aesthetic perspective: the political situations that brought about both the dedication to Napoleon and its withdrawal show that Beethoven followed diplomatic developments astutely. Early interpretations by Beethoven's contemporaries show that they understood the work's import clearly. This study focuses on Beethoven's unique ability to imbue traditional symphonic forms with the idealism of his philosophical mentor, Friedrich Schiller.
Performing Beethoven
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Author : Robin Stowell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-09-08
Performing Beethoven written by Robin Stowell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-09-08 with Music categories.
The ten essays in this volume explore different aspects of the performance of instrumental works by Beethoven. Each essay discusses performance issues from Beethoven's time to the present, whether the objective be to realise a performance in an historically appropriate manner, to elucidate the interpretation of Beethoven's music by conductors and performers, to clarify transcriptions by editors or to reconstruct the experience of the listener in various different periods. Four contributions focus on the piano music while another group concentrates on Beethoven's music for strings. These chapters are complemented by an examination of Beethoven's exploitation of the developing wind choir, an evaluation of early twentieth-century recordings as pointers to early nineteenth-century performance practice and an historical survey of rescorings in Beethoven's symphonies.
Beethoven S Critics
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Author : Robin Wallace
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1990-01-26
Beethoven S Critics written by Robin Wallace and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-26 with Literary Collections categories.
This 1990 book is a survey of the critical reaction to Beethoven's music as it appeared in the major musical journals, French as well as German, of his day, and represents the first published history of Beethoven reception. The author discusses the philosophical and analytical implications of these reviews and reassesses what has come to be the accepted view of a nineteenth-century musical aesthetics rooted in Romantic Idealism. Wallace sees Beethoven's critics as in fact providing a link between two apparently antithetical approaches to music: the eighteenth-century emphasis on expression and extra-musical interpretation and the nineteenth-century emphasis on 'absolute' music and formal analysis. This book thus provides, in addition to a carefully documented study of Beethoven's critical reception, a re-evaluation of his oeuvre and its significance in music history. An index of all reviews cited is provided, and a further appendix contains the quoted material in its original language.
Beethoven S Symphony No 9
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Author : Alexander Rehding
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Beethoven S Symphony No 9 written by Alexander Rehding and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Music categories.
When a professional states, "Your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)," it is enough to make your whole world fall apart. What does it mean to be on the autism spectrum? How will this affect your child's life, your life, the life of your family, and others you interact with? What sorts of medications, therapies, and alternative methods are used to help manage the disorder? What are the financial and legal ramifications? How will this affect schooling, your spiritual growth, and everyday life? These are just a few of the questions that will rapidly cross your mind. Caring for Autism: Practical Advice from a Parent and Physician delves into all these questions and more. As the father of a daughter with ASD and as a trained psychiatrist who specializes in ASD, Dr. Michael A. Ellis provides a holistic view of what comes after diagnosis. In user-friendly tones, he answers the most commonly asked questions about what it's actually like to live with ASD, what medications and therapies are available, and the global impact it has on the child's environment. With the help of his wife, Lori Layton Ellis, to provide a mother's perspective, Dr. Ellis shares personal stories of their 10-year journey in order to provide insight and support for anyone - patient, parent, caregiver - traversing the difficulties of autism.
Beethoven In France
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Author : Leo Schrade
language : en
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press
Release Date : 1942
Beethoven In France written by Leo Schrade and has been published by New Haven : Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with France categories.
Since the early years of the nineteenth century when French critics wrote their first bewildered comments on the first works of Beethoven, his influence in France has reached far beyond the realm of music, penetrating to the roots of the nation's intellectual and political life. The French ideas of Beethoven form a story unique in the development of the modern European mind. The French romantics, among them the most prominent figures of the literary world, were the first to arrive at an "understanding" of the composer, through the power of poetry, exaltation, and the idea of the Infinite. In the second half of the nineteenth century, in their search for unity between art and life, the French intellectuals looked to Beethoven for the answer. In the period after 1871, a time of unbroken gloom and pessimism, they believed in a Beethoven who could save them from despair and bring about their salvation. Around 1900 the story reached its climax. The founding of the "Cahiers de la Quinzaine" by Peguy, partly because of the Dreyfus affair, initiated a movement which the French themselves called their religion, to renew "the old virtues of France," and Beethoven was its god.
The Symphonic Repertoire Volume Ii
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Author : A. Peter Brown
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2024-03-29
The Symphonic Repertoire Volume Ii written by A. Peter Brown and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-29 with Music categories.
Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad-based treatment of the genre, and the best of the existing studies are now several decades old. In this five-volume series, A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th-century beginnings to the end of the 20th century. Synthesizing the enormous scholarly literature, Brown presents up-to-date overviews of the status of research, discusses any important former or remaining problems of attribution, illuminates the style of specific works and their contexts, and samples early writings on their reception. The Symphonic Repertoire provides an unmatched compendium of knowledge for the student, teacher, performer, and sophisticated amateur. The series is being launched with two volumes on the Viennese symphony. Volume II The First Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert Volume II considers some of the best-known and most universally admired symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, who created what A. Peter Brown designates as the first golden age of the Viennese symphony during the late 18th and first three decades of the 19th century. The last two dozen symphonies by Haydn, half dozen by Mozart, and three by Schubert, together with Beethoven's nine symphonies became established in the repertoire and provided a standard against which every other symphony would be measured. Most significantly, they imparted a prestige to the genre that was only occasionally rivaled by other cyclic compositions. More than 170 symphonies from this repertoire are described and analyzed in The First Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony, the first volume of the series to appear.
The Age Of Beethoven 1790 1830
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Author : Gerald Abraham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Age Of Beethoven 1790 1830 written by Gerald Abraham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Music categories.
Looks at ancient and oriental music and traces the history of western music from medieval times to the twentieth century.