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Beethoven in America / Michael Broyles.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.B4 B869 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Broyles, Michael, 1939-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Criticism and interpretation.
Beethoven, Ludwig van.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Music--Social aspects--United States.
Music.
Music--Social aspects.
Criticism and interpretation.
United States.
Popular culture--United States--History.
Popular culture.
History.
Composers--Austria--Biography.
Composers.
Austria.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
x, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]
Contents:
Part 1. Arrival and sacralization. Arrival in America ; Defining Beethoven ; Deification and spiritualization
Part 2. Science, scholars, and critics. Beethoven, modernism, and science ; "The warm tropical summer of sketch research" : Beethoven and the Cold War ; Reactions to modernism : musical meaning and the classical canon
Part 3. Beethoven and the dramatic arts. Beethoven on the silver screen ; Beethoven's music in film ; Beethoven in the theater
Part 4. Beyond classicism : Beethoven in American society and culture. "Beethoven was Black" : why does It matter? ; Beethoven in popular music ; Beethoven everywhere.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780253357045
0253357047
OCLC:
696100042

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