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Beethoven and his world /

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 r...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: Bard Music Festival
Autres auteurs: Burnham, Scott G., Steinberg, Michael P.
Format: Électronique Actes de congrès eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, [2000]
Collection:Bard Music Festival series.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • 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
  • 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
  • Index
  • Notes on Contributors