Beethoven Studies 4 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108428521)

Did you know that Beethoven contemplated, however fleetingly, writing more than forty symphonies and that for the Missa solemnis he sought stimulus from a Latin-German dictionary? And what about the underappreciated sociable side of Beethoven's music to set alongside the familiar one of the heroic? Beethoven Studies 4 is a collection of ten chapters that approach the composer and his music from an appealing range of critical standpoints, aesthetic, analytical, biographical, historical and performance. Alongside essays that offer new information on Beethoven's compositional practice and broaden understanding of the music's contemporary and posthumous appeal, there are essays on his interaction with specific environments, Bonn and post-Napoleonic Austria, and vocal and piano performance practice. The volume will appeal to cultural historians and practitioners as well as Beethoven enthusiasts.

Author: Keith Chapin
ISBN-10: 1108428525
ISBN-13: 9781108428521
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/17/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.63d