Beethoven in America / Michael Broyles.

Author/creator Broyles, Michael, 1939-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionx, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Criticism and interpretation.
Music--Social aspects. --United States.
Popular culture--United States. --History.
Composers--Austria. --Biography.

Contents Part 1. Arrival and sacralization. Arrival in America ; Defining Beethoven ; Deification and spiritualization -- Part 2. Science, scholars, and critics. Beethoven, modernism, and science ; "The warm tropical summer of sketch research": Beethoven and the Cold War ; Reactions to modernism: musical meaning and the classical canon -- Part 3. Beethoven and the dramatic arts. Beethoven on the silver screen ; Beethoven's music in film ; Beethoven in the theater -- Part 4. Beyond classicism: Beethoven in American society and culture. "Beethoven was Black": why does it matter? ; Beethoven in popular music ; Beethoven everywhere.
Abstract This book examines America's early reception to Beethoven, the use of his work and image in American music, movies, stage works, and other forms of popular culture, and related topics.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 383-397) and index.
LCCN 2011018050
ISBN9780253357045 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253357047 (cloth : alk. paper)