Beethoven's Diabelli variations / William Kinderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinderman, William.

Series:

Studies in musical genesis and structure

Studies in musical genesis and structure.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Veränderungen über einen Walzer.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Physical Description:

xx, 220 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Summary:

Beethoven's Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, his longest and most complex piece for piano, stands beside the Ninth Symphony, the Missa Solemnis, and the late quartets as one of the monumental achievements of his last period. In this first extended study of these variations, William Kinderman investigates their compositional origins and explores them in the context of Beethoven's other works of this time. Kinderman shows how he transforms, parodies, and ultimately transcends Diabelli's commonplace waltz in a fascinating series of historical allusions to other composers in the final variations. Kinderman's discussion provides considerable insight into Beethoven's working methods and illuminates the structure of the finished work, and ultimately the nature of the creative process itself.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 216-218.

ISBN:

0193153238 :

OCLC:

13560783