Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 / Alexander Rehding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rehding, Alexander, author.

Series:

Oxford keynotes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies--no. 9, op. 125--D minor.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Symphonies (Beethoven, Ludwig van).

Physical Description:

xi, 161 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has held musical audience captive for close to two centuries, with each generation rediscovering the work for itself and making it its own. Zooming in on the significance of the symphony in contemporary culture, this book establishes a dialog between Beethoven's world and ours, marked by the earthshattering events of 17989 and 1989, and outlines in particular what is special about the Ninth in millennial culture. As music today is encoded not only as score but also as digital technology, we encounter Beethoven flashmobs, virtually reconstructed concert halls, globally synchonized performances, and other time-bending procedures. The digital artwork "9 Beet Stretch" perhaps represents the extreme, presenting the Ninth at glacial speed over twenty-four hours, and challenges our understanding of the symphony while it encourages us to confront the temporal dimension of Beethoven's music. In the digital age, the Ninth emerges as a musical work that is recomposed and reshaped-and that is robust enought to live up to such treatment-continually adapting to a changing world of new media. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Beethoven's Ninth for a New Millennium 1

2 Marking History 31

3 Marking Hearing 61

4 Marking Time 83

5 Marking Form 101

6 Marking Noise 121.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190299699

019029969X

9780190299705

0190299703

OCLC:

987368384