Experiencing Beethoven - A Listener''s Companion

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.

Sommario

1. "The Spirit of Mozart" (1770-1792)
2. "From the Hands of Haydn" (1792-1801)
3. The "Heroic" Style (1802-1806)
4. Fidelio: Beethoven's One and Only Opera (1805-06 and 1814)
5. Symphonic Alternatives to the Heroic Style (1807-1814)
6. Beethoven and Song
7. The Late Piano Music (1816-1824)
8. Daiku: The Big Ninth
9. The String Quartet in C# Minor, Op. 131
Glossary
Selected Reading
Selected Listening

Info autore

By Geoffrey Block

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Block, Geoffrey Block, Professor Geoffrey Block
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.09.2016
• EAN: 9781442245457
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4545-7
• Pagine: 290
• Serie: Listener's Companion; Listener's Companion
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Altro; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Theory of music & musicology, Composers and songwriters, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology