Beethoven and His World (eBook)

Scott Burnham, Michael P. Steinberg (Herausgeber)

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2020
350 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21832-8 (ISBN)

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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 "e;Eroica"e; 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2020
• Reihe/Serie: The Bard Music Festival
• Reihe/Serie: The Bard Music Festival
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Abbate, Carolyn • Adler, Guido • Alan Tyson • Alexander Wheelock Thayer • Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung • Allusion • An die ferne Geliebte • Anschütz, Heinrich • aphorism • Artaria • Bard Music Festival • Bar (music) • Baroque style • Bekker, Paul • Brahms, Johannes • Carl Czerny • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach • Castelli, Ignaz Franz • Christian Gottlob Neefe • Clemens Brentano • Composer • Czerny, Carl • Danhauser, Joseph • Disenchantment • Drabkin, William • Dynamics (music) • Eduard Hanslick • Eighth note • Elaine Sisman • Elliot Forbes • Enlightenment • Erard grand piano • Fantasia • Felix Mendelssohn • for example • fortepiano • Franz Liszt • Freud, Sigmund • Funeral march • Gance, Abel • Genre • German philosophy • Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde • Goldschmidt, Harry • greatness • Grillparzer, Franz • Hähnel, Ernst Julius • Handel, G. E. • Hanslick, Eduard • Haslinger, Tobias • Haydn and Mozart • Heiligenstadt Testament • Heinrich Schenker • Howard, Martha • Hugo Riemann • Immortal Beloved • Improvisation • In Death • Johannes Brahms • Johann Sebastian Bach • Johann van Beethoven • Josef Danhauser • Joseph Kerman • Kerman, Joseph • Keyboard instrument • Klein, Franz • Kramer, Lawrence • Lament • Leben • Leipzig • Libretto • Liszt, Franz • Literature • London Philharmonic Society • Ludwig van Beethoven • Mahler, Gustav • Masculinity • Maynard Solomon • Missa solemnis (Beethoven) • Modernity • Modulation (music) • Moscheles, Ignaz • musical composition • musician • Music Is • Music of Germany • musicology • narrative • Neefe, Christian Gottlob • Oboe • ode to joy • Opera • oratorio • orchestra • Pfitzner, Hans • Philosophy • Phrase (music) • Phrenology • Pianissimo • Piano • piano (fortepiano) • Piano Music (Louie) • Piano sonatas (Boulez) • Poetry • Princeton University Press • Quarter note • Reinhold Brinkmann • Reinterpretation • rhetoric • Rhythm • Richard Strauss • Richard Wagner • Robert Schumann • Rochlitz, Friedrich • Romain Rolland • Romanticism • romantic music • Schumann • Schumann, Robert • Singing • Sixteenth note • Slow movement (culture) • song cycle • Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) • Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) • The Musical Quarterly • theory • tonality • Tonic (music) • treatise • Triumphant (Get 'Em) • Tyson, Alan • violin • Wellington's Victory • Writing • Zeit
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21832-3 / 0691218323
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21832-8 / 9780691218328