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The Cambridge companion to Beethoven / edited by Glenn Stanley.
| Other author | Stanley, Glenn. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
| Description | xiii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge companions to music Cambridge companions to music. ^A371619 |
| Contents | Part 1. A professional portrait. Some thoughts on biography and a chronology of Beethoven's life and music / Glenn Stanley -- Beethoven at work: musical activist and thinker / Glenn Stanley -- The compositional act: sketches and autographs / Barry Cooper -- Part 2. Style and structure. "The spirit of Mozart from Haydn's hands": Beethoven's musical inheritance / Elaine Sisman -- Phrase, period, theme / Roger Kamien -- "The sense of an ending": goal-directedness in Beethoven's music / Nicholas Marston -- Part 3. Genres. The piano music: concertos, sonatas, variations, small forms / William Kinderman -- Beethoven's chamber music with piano: seeking unity in mixed sonorities / Mark Kaplan -- Manner, tone and tendency in Beethoven's chamber music for strings / John Daverio -- Sound and structure in Beethoven's orchestral music / Leon Botstein -- Beethoven's songs and vocal style / Amanda Glauert -- Beethoven's essay in opera: historical, text-critical, and interpretative issues in Fidelio / Michael C. Tusa -- Probing the sacred genres: Beethoven's religious songs, oratorio, and masses / Birgit Lodes -- Part IV. Reception. "With a Beethoven like sublimity": Beethoven in the works of other composers / Margaret Notley -- Beethoven's music in performance: historical perspectives / Alain Frogley -- The four ages of Beethoven: critical reception and the canonic composer / Scott Burnham -- Beethoven at large: reception in literature, the arts, philosophy, and politics / David B. Dennis. |
| Abstract | A wide perspective on Beethoven, his music, and the personal and historical contexts in which the music was composed and has been received. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-362) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 98042732 |
| ISBN | 0521580749 (hb) |
| ISBN | 0521589347 (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Item has been checked out | ML410.B4 C24 2000 | Due 04/29/2026 | Want This? |