Beethoven and His World edited by Scott Burnham and Michael P. Steinberg.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Steinberg, Michael P., ed.

Burnham, Scott G, ed.

Conference Name:

Bard Music Festival.

Series:

The Bard Music Festival ; 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Compositors--Alemanya--S. XIX--Biografia.

Compositors.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Crítica i interpretació.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, op. 2000.

Summary:

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 "Eroica" 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

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: Some Thoughts on the Performance and Analysis of a Late-Style Work

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: Popularity, Intimacy, and Politics in Historical Perspective

Index

Notes on the Contributors

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with the Bard Music Festival"--Half title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691218328

0691218323

OCLC:

1179249821