{"product_id":"beethovens-century-hugh-macdonald-9781580462754","title":"Beethoven's Century: Essays on Composers and Themes","description":"Essays by the noted authority on nineteenth-century music, the topics ranging from Beethoven and Schubert to comic opera to Scriabin and Jan當ek. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Beethoven's Century: Essays on Composers and Themes, world-renowned musicologist Hugh Macdonald draws together many of his richest essays on music from Beethoven's time into the early twentieth century. The essays are here revised and updated, and some are printed in English for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven's Century addresses perennial questions of what music meant to the composer and his audiences, how it was intended to be played, andhow today's audiences can usefully approach it.\u003cbr\u003e Opening with a revealing analysis of Beethoven's not always generous regard for his listeners, the essays probe aspects of Schubert's musical personality, the brief friendshipbetween Berlioz and Schumann, Liszt's abilities as a conductor, and Viennese views of Wagner as expressed by Hugo Wolf.\u003cbr\u003e Essays on comic opera and trends in French opera libretti in the late nineteenth century reflect the author's long-standing sympathy for French music, and strikingly eccentric personalities in the world of music, such as Paganini, Alkan, Skryabin, and Jan當ek, are brought to life.\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven's Century concludes with a wrylook at some startling developments in early twentieth-century music that have often been overlooked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hugh Macdonald has taught music at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Glasgow, and since 1987 has been Avis H. Blewett Distinguished Professor of Music at Washington University, St. Louis. He has written books on Skryabin and Berlioz, and is a regular pre-concert speaker for the Boston and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugh MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1580462758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580462754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Rochester Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.27w x 0.90d","brand":"Hugh MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939761651967,"sku":"9781580462754","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4130cdaf-c69e-41c0-b227-fac0ebd85c9a.jpg?v=1681443329","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beethovens-century-hugh-macdonald-9781580462754","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}