Beethoven
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Beethoven
Oxford University Press, 1997, c1995
Paperback ed
- : pbk
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Originally published: 1995
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-360) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Set in the framework of Beethoven's life, William Kinderman's detailed examination of the music traces the composer's intellectual and musical development, from the early works written in Bonn to the Ninth Symphony and the late quartets. Beethoven's innovations in form and style, his musical symbolism and narrative structures are illustrated in analyses of all the main works, showing that the deepening of his musical thought was a continuous process throughout his life. William Kinderman also shows how Beethoven's response to the political and philosophical currents of his time is reflected in some of his greatest masterpieces. Although the implications of Beethoven's deafness and other personal crises are fully addressed, so too are the lighter aspects of his personality - his humour, his love of puns, and his delight in juxtaposing the exalted and the commonplace. Combining musical insight and the most recent research, Beethoven is both a portrait of the man and a guide to his music.
Table of Contents
- Preface & Acknowledgements
- List of Plates
- List of Music Examples & Figures
- Overture
- 1. The Bonn Years
- 2. The Path to Mystery, 1792-1798
- 3. Crises and Creativity, 1799-1802
- 4. The Heroic Style I, 1803-1806
- 5. The Heroic Style II, 1806-1809
- 6. Consolidation, 1810-1812
- 7. The Congress of Vienna Period, 1813-1815
- 8. The Hammerklavier Sonata, 1816-1818
- 9. Struggle, 1819-1822
- 10. Triumph, 1822-1824
- 11. The 'Galitzin' Quartets, 1824-1825
- 12. The Last Phase, 1826-1827
- Selected Bibliography
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Index of Beethoven's Compositions
- General Index
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