Beethoven - The Pastoral Symphony

David Wyn Jones provides a fascinating account of this popular work and the context in which it was written.

List of contents

1.The concert of 22 December 1808; 2. Background; 3. Genesis and reception; 4. Design and orchestration; 5. Technique and image; 6. 'Mehr Malerei als Empfindung'.

Summary

David Wyn Jones provides a fascinating account of this popular work and the context in which it was written.

Product details

• Authors: David Wyn Jones, David Wyn Jones
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521450744
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45074-4
• No. of pages: 114
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 285 g
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks; Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous