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Beethoven's Critics
This 1990 book is a survey of the critical reaction to Beethoven's music as it appeared in the major musical journals, French as well as German, of his day, and represents the first published history of Beethoven reception. The author discusses the philosophical and analytical implications of these reviews and reassesses what has come to be the accepted view of a nineteenth-century musical aesthetics rooted in Romantic Idealism. Wallace sees Beethoven's critics as in fact providing a link between two apparently antithetical approaches to music: the eighteenth-century emphasis on expression and extra-musical interpretation and the nineteenth-century emphasis on 'absolute' music and formal analysis. This book thus provides, in addition to a carefully documented study of Beethoven's critical reception, a re-evaluation of his oeuvre and its significance in music history. An index of all reviews cited is provided, and a further appendix contains the quoted material in its original language.
Beethoven's Century
Author: Hugh Macdonald
language: en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date: 2008
World renowned musicologist Hugh Macdonald draws together many of his richest essays on music from Beethoven's time into the early 20th century. The essays address perennial questions of what music meant to the composer and his audiences, and how it was intended to be played.
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
Author: Charles Rosen
language: en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date: 2002-01-01
In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Rosen places Beethoven's sonatas in context and provides an understanding of the formal principles involved in interpreting and performing this unique repertoire. Includes a CD of the author performing extracts from several of the works.