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Author | : Geoffrey Block |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2016-09-29 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1442245468 |
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The life and music of Beethoven still fascinate classical music lovers, new and old. His many symphonies, sonatas, concertos, string quartets, and his one opera enchant audiences, challenge performers, engage students, and support scholars in their work. In Experiencing Beethoven, music historian Geoffrey Block explores in layman’s terms a highly representative body of about two dozen Beethoven instrumental and vocal works, offering listeners who know him well, or are just discovering him, an opportunity to grasp the breadth and depth of his musical genius. Designed for those unversed in musical terminology or theory, Experiencing Beethoven places the composer’s works within the evolving context of his personal and professional life and social and cultural milieu. Block sheds light on the public and private audiences of Beethoven’s music, from the concerts for the composer’s own financial benefit to the debut of the “Eroica” Symphony at the palace of Prince Lobkowitz to the historic public premiere of his Ninth Symphony. Experiencing Beethoven paints a portrait of the composer’s youth in Bonn, his early triumphs and artistic maturation in Vienna, and—despite the challenges his music posed to his contemporaries— the recognition he received during his lifetime as the most acclaimed composer of the era. Block conveys the range and scope of Beethoven’s achievement, from his heroic style to his lyricism, grappling throughout with the composer’s power to communicate his idealistic musical vision to listeners in both his time and ours. Finally, Experiencing Beethoven explores why Beethoven’s music continues to enjoy an unwavering appeal in an age saturated with a range of musical styles.
Author | : Geoffrey Holden Block |
Publisher | : Listener's Companion |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781442245457 |
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Designed for those unversed in composition or music theory, this book places Beethoven's compositions within the context of his personal and professional life and social and cultural milieu. This volume offers readers an enhanced experience of key works by exploring Beethoven's lyricism, heroic style, and unwaveringly idealistic musical vision.
Author | : Jonah Winter |
Publisher | : Schwartz & Wade |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2014-04-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307554007 |
Download The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
How hard is it to move 5 legless pianos 39 times? Beethoven owned five legless pianos and composed great works on the floor. His first apartment was in the center of Vienna's theater district... but he forgot to pay rent, so he had to move. (And it's very hard to move a piano. Even harder to move five). Beethoven's next apartment was in a dangerous part of town... so he moved, and the pianos followed on a series of pulleys. Then came an apartment with a view of the Danube (but he made too much noise and the neighbors complained), followed by an attic apartment (where he made even MORE of a rukus), and so Beethoven moved again and again. Each time, pianos were bought, left behind, transported on pulleys, slides, and by movers, all so that gifted Beethoven could compose great works of music for the world.
Author | : Tim Rayborn |
Publisher | : Skyhorse |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2016-11-15 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1510712720 |
Download Beethoven's Skull Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Beethoven’s Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it presents tales of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange fates that span more than two thousand years. Highlights include: A cursed song that kills those who hear it A composer who lovingly cradles the head of Beethoven’s corpse when his remains are exhumed half a century after his death A fifteenth-century German poet who sings of the real-life Dracula A dream of the devil that inspires a virtuoso violin piece Unlike many music books that begin their histories with the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries, Beethoven’s Skull takes the reader back to the world of ancient Greece and Rome, progressing through the Middle Ages and all the way into the twentieth century. It also looks at myths and legends, superstitions, and musical mysteries, detailing the ways that musicians and their peers have been rather horrible to one another over the centuries.
Author | : Kenneth Drake |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 1994-04-22 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0253011531 |
Download The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative Experience Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The definitive study of Beethoven’s piano sonatas is “remarkable as an insider’s account of the works in an individual perspective.” (European Music Teacher) In “one of the most interesting, useful and even exciting books on the process of musical creation” (American Music Teacher), Kenneth O. Drake groups the Beethoven piano sonatas according to their musical qualities, rather than their chronology. He explores the interpretive implications of rhythm, dynamics, slurs, harmonic effects, and melodic development and identifies specific measures where Beethoven skillfully employs these compositional devices. An interpreter searching for meaning, Drake begins with Beethoven’s expressive treatment of the keyboard—the variations of touch, articulation, line, color, use of silence, and the pacing of musical ideas. He then analyzes individual sonatas, exploring motivic development, philosophic overtones, and technical demands. Hundreds of musical examples illustrate this exploration of emotional and interpretive implications of “the 32.” Here musicians are encouraged to exercise intuition and independence of thought, complementing their performance skills with logical conclusions about ideas and relationships within the score.
Author | : David B. Dennis |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780300105292 |
Download Beethoven in German Politics, 1870-1989 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This absorbing book chronicles the exploitation of Beethoven's life and work by German political parties from the founding of the modern nation in 1870 to the peaceful East German Revolution of 1989. David Dennis taps a wealth of new archival resources to examine for the first time how propagandists of every persuasion have transformed Beethoven and his art into powerful, and varied, national symbols. In fascinating detail, Dennis introduces many 'Beethovens, ' each fashioned as part of a process that transformed the composer into the most protean, and widely abused, cultural-political symbol in modern German history.-David Large, Montana State University This book] should fascinate not only Beethoven devotees but also anyone interested in the elusiveness and malleability of historical evidence.-James R. Oestreich, New York Time
Author | : George Grove |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Simfonie |
ISBN | : |
Download Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Robert Winter |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2023-09-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0520917502 |
Download The Beethoven Quartet Companion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
While the Beethoven string quartets are to chamber music what the plays of Shakespeare are to drama, even seasoned concertgoers will welcome guidance with these personal and sometimes enigmatic works. This collection offers Beethoven lovers both detailed notes on the listening experience of each quartet and a stimulating range of more general perspectives: Who has the quartets' audience been? How were the quartets performed before the era of sound recordings? What is the relationship between "classical" and "romantic" in the quartets? How was their reception affected by social and economic history? What sorts of interpretive decisions are made by performers today? The Companion brings together a matchless group of Beethoven experts. Joseph Kerman is perhaps the world's most renowned Beethoven scholar. Robert Winter, an authority on sketches for the late quartets, has created interactive programs regarded as milestones in multimedia publishing. Maynard Solomon has written an acclaimed biography of Beethoven. Leon Botstein is the conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra as well as a distinguished social historian and college president. Robert Martin writes from his experience as cellist of the Sequoia Quartet. And the book is anchored by the program notes of Michael Steinberg, who has served as Artistic Advisor of the San Francisco Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra.
Author | : Ludwig van Beethoven |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1783271523 |
Download Beethoven's Conversation Books Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Volume 1.Nos. 1 to 8 (February 1818 to March 1820) --Volume 2.Nos. 9 to 16 (March 1820 to September 1820) --Volume 3.Nos. 17 to 31 (May 1822 to May 1823).
Author | : Harvey Sachs |
Publisher | : Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2011-11-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0812969073 |
Download The Ninth Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The premier of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna on May 7, 1824, was the most significant artistic event of the year—and the work remains one of the most precedent-shattering and influential compositions in the history of music. Described in vibrant detail by eminent musicologist Harvey Sachs, this symbol of freedom and joy was so unorthodox that it amazed and confused listeners at its unveiling—yet it became a standard for subsequent generations of creative artists, and its composer came to embody the Romantic cult of genius. In this unconventional, provocative book, Beethoven’s masterwork becomes a prism through which we may view the politics, aesthetics, and overall climate of the era. Part biography, part history, part memoir, The Ninth brilliantly explores the intricacies of Beethoven’s last symphony—how it brought forth the power of the individual while celebrating the collective spirit of humanity.