Beethoven Hero Scott Burnham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnham, Scott G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art appreciation.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Appreciation.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Critique et interpretation.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1995.

Summary:

In addition to thus identifying Beethoven's music as an overarching expression of values central to the age of both Goethe and Hegel, the author describes and then critiques the process by which the musical values of the heroic style quickly became the controlling model of compositional logic in Western music criticism and analysis. Apart from its importance for students of Beethoven and his music, this book should appeal to all those interested in canon formation in the arts and in music as a cultural, ethical, and emotional force - in short, to anyone interested in the questions of what we want from music and what music does for us.

Bringing together reception history, music analysis and criticism, the history of music theory, and the philosophy of music, Beethoven Hero explores the nature and persistence of Beethoven's heroic style. What have we come to value in this music, asks Scott Burnham, and why do generations of critics and analysts hear it in much the same way? Specifically, what is it that fosters the intensity of listener engagement with the heroic style, the often overwhelming sense of identification with its musical process? Starting with the story of heroic quest heard time and again in the first movement of the Eroica Symphony, Burnham suggests that Beethoven's music matters profoundly to its listeners because it projects an empowering sense of self, destiny, and freedom, while modeling ironic self-consciousness.

Contents:

1. Beethoven's hero

2. Musical values: presence and engagement in the heroic style

3. Institutional values: Beethoven and the theorists

4. Cultural values: Beethoven, the Goethezeit, and the heroic concept of self

5. Beethoven hero.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691215884

069121588X

OCLC:

1227051036