Beethoven''s Symphony No. 9

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Rehding is Fanny Peabody Professor of Music at Harvard University. His research interrogates intersections between music theory and history. His publications center on nineteenth-century music and on sound media, including Music and Monumentality (2009). His work has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Dent Medal. Klappentext Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has held musical audiences captive for close to two centuries. Honing in on the significance of the symphony in contemporary culture, this book establishes a dialog between Beethoven's world and ours. In particular, it outlines what is special about the Ninth in millennial culture, where music is encoded not only as score but also as digital technology. Zusammenfassung Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has held musical audiences captive for close to two centuries. Honing in on the significance of the symphony in contemporary culture, this book establishes a dialog between Beethoven's world and ours. In particular, it outlines what is special about the Ninth in millennial culture, where music is encoded not only as score but also as digital technology.

Product details

• Authors: Rehding, Alexander Rehding
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780190299699
• ISBN: 978-0-19-029969-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: The Oxford Keynotes Series; The Oxford Keynotes Series; Oxford Keynotes
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Musikgeschichte, Klassik, Musik: Stile und Gattungen, MUSIC / History & Criticism, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Composition