Beethoven's conversation books

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Beethoven's conversation books

edited and translated by Theodore Albrecht

Boydell Press, 2018

  • v. 1

タイトル別名

Ludwig van Beethovens Konversationshefte

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注記

A licensed edition of "Ludwig van Beethovens Konversationshefte, Bd. 1" edited by Karl-Heinz Köhler, Grita Herre and Dagmar Beck, c1972 by Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig

v. 1. Nos. 1 to 8 (February 1818 to March 1820)

Bibliography: p. [331]-346

"Index of Beethoven's compositions": p. [349]-351

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内容説明

A complete new edition of Beethoven's conversation books, now translated into English in their entirety for the first time. Covering a period associated with the revolutionary style of what we call "late Beethoven", these often lively and compelling conversations are now finally accessible in English for the scholar and Beethoven-lover. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is recognized the world over as a composer of musical masterpieces exhibiting heroic strength, particularly in the face of his increasing deafness from ca. 1798. By 1818, the Viennese composer hadbegun carrying blank booklets with him, for his acquaintances to jot their sides of conversations, while he answered aloud. Often, he himself used the pocket-sized booklets to make shopping lists and other reminders, including occasional early sketches for his compositions. Today, 139 of these booklets survive, covering the years 1818 up to the composer's death in 1827 and including such topics as music, history, politics, art, literature, theatre, religion, and education as perceived on a day-to-day basis in post-Napoleonic Europe. An East German edition, begun in the 1960s and essentially complete by 2001, represents a diplomatic transcription of these documents. It is a masterpiece of pure scholarship but is difficult to use for anyone who is not a specialist. Moreover, Beethoven scholarship has moved on significantly since the long-ranging genesis of the German edition. These important booklets arehere translated into English in their entirety for the first time. The volumes in this series include an updated editorial apparatus, with revised and expanded notes and many new footnotes exclusive to this edition, and brand newintroductions, which together place many of the quickly changing conversational topics into context. Due to the editor's many years of research in Vienna, his acquaintance with its history and topography, as well as his familiarity with obscure documentary resources, this edition represents an entirely new venture in source studies - vitally informative for scholars not only in music but also in a wide variety of disciplines. At the same time, these oftenlively and compelling conversations are now finally accessible for the English-speaking music lover or history buff who might want to dip into them and hear what Beethoven and his friends were discussing at the next table. THEODORE ALBRECHT is Professor of Musicology at Kent State University, Ohio.

目次

General Introduction to the English Edition Heft 1 (ca. February 26, 1818 - after March 2, 1818) Heft 2 (March 17, 1819 - after May 15/16, 1819) Heft 3 (November 20, 1819 - ca. December 6, 1819) Heft 4 (December 7, 1819 - December 12, 1819) Heft 5 (December 13, 1819 - December 30, 1819) Heft 6 (ca. January 7, 1820 - January 26, 1820) Heft 7 (ca. January 27, 1820 - February 22, 1820) Heft 8 (ca. February 22, 1820 - ca. March 11, 1820) Appendix A: Descriptions of the Conversation Books in Volume 1 Bibliography

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