Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Cambridge Music Handbooks) - Hardcover

Stowell, Robin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521451590 ISBN 13: 9780521451598

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Beethoven's Violin Concerto was the only significant work of this genre to appear between Mozart's five concertos of 1775 and Mendelssohn's E minor Concerto of 1844. This handbook explores the background to Beethoven's work, its genesis, its place in the composer's oeuvre and the influences which combined in its creation. It describes contemporary reactions to the work both in the musical press and in the concert hall during its first crucial years, and explains how it was eventually accepted into the repertory, spawning numerous recordings and editions. The principal sources and many of the work's textual problems are considered, including discussion of the composer's version for piano and orchestra, Op. 61a. A detailed account of the work itself is followed by a review of the wide variety of cadenzas that have been written to complement the concerto through its performance history.

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Book Description:

Beethoven's Violin Concerto was the only significant work of this genre to appear between Mozart's five concertos of 1775 and Mendelssohn's E minor Concerto of 1844. This is the first individual study of the Concerto, exploring the work's background and its indifferent initial reception.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521451590
• ISBN 13: 9780521451598
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 140