The Creative World of Beethoven (Norton Library, N605) - Softcover

 
9780393006056: The Creative World of Beethoven (Norton Library, N605)
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ISBN 10: 0393006050 ISBN 13: 9780393006056
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1971

Synopsis

After the editor's introduction, devoted to an overall view of Beethoven's significance, there are essays by Joseph Kerman and Boris Schwarz concerning the composer's sketches. Alan Tyson discusses the oratorio Christus am Oelberge; Philip Downes, the Eroica Symphony; F. E. Kirby, the Pastoral Symphony; Warren Kirkendale, the Missa Solemnis; and Myron Schwager, and arrangement of the Septet. Lewis Lockwood explores the question of the unfinished piano concerto of 1815; Alfred Mann takes up Beethoven's counterpoint studies with Haydn, and Alexander Ringer discusses Beethoven and the London Pianoforte School. Other topics include "Beethoven and Romantic Irony," by Rey M. Longyear; "Beethoven's Birth Year," by Maynard Solomon; "On Beethoven's Thematic Structure," by Dénes Bartha; and Edward T. Cone examines a striking instance of Beethoven's influence on Schubert.

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About the Author

The late Paul Henry Lang ranks among the century's most eminent musicologists. A longtime faculty member at Columbia University, he also served as editor of the Musical Quarterly and as music critic for the New York Herald Tribune.

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
1971
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0393006050
ISBN 13 
9780393006056
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
306
Editor
Lang Paul Henry

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