The Creation of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies /

Offers a unique investigation of the composition of the entire corpus of Beethoven's symphonies, reconstructing their creation through the most extensive study of Beethoven's sketches yet.Beethoven's nine symphonies are a cornerstone of Western classical music and have revolutionised...

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Hlavní autor: Cooper, Barry A.R (Autor)
Další autoři: Cooper, Barry (Přispěvatel)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell and Brewer, [2024]
Boydell Press, [2024]
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5558124
Obsah:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • MUSIC EXAMPLES
  • TABLES AND FIGURES
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Long and Hazardous Road to the First Symphony, Op. 21
  • 2 A Creation in Two Parts: The Second Symphony, Op. 36
  • 3 Elevating the Genre: The Third Symphony (Eroica), Op. 55
  • 4 The Oppersdorff Connection: The Fourth Symphony, Op. 60
  • 5 Motivic Intensity: The Fifth Symphony, Op. 67
  • 6 'More an Expression of Feeling than Painting': The Sixth Symphony (Pastoral), Op. 68
  • 7 'Great, Exalted' Work: The Seventh Symphony, Op. 92
  • 8 'Just Because it is Much Better': The Eighth Symphony, Op. 93
  • 9 The Philharmonic Connection: The Ninth Symphony, Op. 125
  • 10 Epilogue
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS
  • INDEX OF MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS
  • GENERAL INDEX