Beethoven, Missa solemnis / William Drabkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drabkin, William, author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

Cambridge music handbooks.

Cambridge music handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Missa solemnis.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 118 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Missa Solemnis is a document of extraordinary richness from the last decades of Beethoven's creative life. In this compendious and accessible guide, William Drabkin considers the work as a musical expression of the most celebrated text of the Roman Catholic faith and as an example from a tradition of Mass settings in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Austria. The opening chapters present various critical perspectives on the Missa Solemnis and chart the history of its composition, first performances and publication. But, above all, the work itself is considered in detail, including the overall design, connections between the movements, the orchestration, word painting and programmatic elements.

Contents:

Cover

Frontmatter

Contents

List of tables and figures

Series editors' preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

WHY HAVE HIERARCHY?

Market failures and hierarchical solutions: The tension between individual and social rationality

Bargaining failure: Coordination, bargaining, and contracts

Voting failure: Social choice in a dictatorial hierarchy

MANAGERIAL DILEMMAS

Horizontal dilemmas: Social choice in a decentralized hierarchy

Vertical dilemmas: Piece-rate incentives and credible commitments

Hidden action in hierarchies: Principals, agents, and teams

Hidden information in hierarchies: The logical limits of mechanism design

Hierarchical failures and market solutions: Can competition create efficient incentives for hierarchy?

COOPERATION AND LEADERSHIP

The possibilities of cooperation: Repeated vertical dilemmas

The indeterminacy of cooperation: Conventions, culture, and commitment

The political economy of hierarchy: Commitment, leadership, and property rights

Epilogue: Politics, rationality, and efficiency

References

Name Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781139085793

1139085794

9780511611629

0511611625

OCLC:

935276762

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07582 hdl