Beethoven: Studies in the Creative Processes

Lewis Lockwood

Published by Harvard University Press 1992

Beethoven

Studies in the Creative Processes

Lewis Lockwood

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674430204

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It is well known that Mozart developed his works in his head and then simply transcribed them onto paper, while Beethoven labored assiduously over sketches and drafts--"his first ideas," in Stephen Spender's words, "of a clumsiness which makes scholars marvel at how he could, at the end, have developed from them such miraculous results." Indeed Beethoven's extensive sketchbooks (which total over 8,000 pages) and the autograph manuscripts, covering several stages of development, reveal the composer systematically exploring and evolving his musical ideas.

Through close investigation of individual works, Lewis Lockwood traces the creative process as it emerges in Beethoven's sketches and manuscripts. Four studies address the composition of the Eroica Symphony from various viewpoints. The chamber works discussed include the Cello Sonata in A Major, Opus 69 (of which the entire autograph manuscript of the first movement is published here in facsimile), the string quartet Opus 59 No. 1, and the Cavatina of the later quartet Opus 130. Lockwood's lucid analysis enhances our understanding of Beethoven's musical strategies and stylistic developments as well as the compositional process itself In a final chapter the author outlines the importance of Beethoven's autographs for the modern performer.

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Lockwood Lewis :

Lewis Lockwood is Fanny Peabody Research Professor of Music, Harvard University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ONE. On Beethoven's Sketches and Autographs: Some Problems of Definition and Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
TWO. The Autograph of the First Movement of the Sonata for Violoncello and Pianoforte, Opus 69 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
THREE. Beethoven's Sketches for Sehnsucht (WoO 146) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
FOUR. Eroica Perspectives: Strategy and Design in the First Movement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
FIVE. The Earliest Sketches for the Eroica Symphony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
SIX. The Compositional Genesis of the Eroica Finale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
SEVEN. Planning the Unexpected: Beethoven's Sketches for the Horn Entrance in the Eroica Symphony, First Movement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
EIGHT. The Problem of Closure: Some Examples from the Middle-Period Chamber Music Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
NINE. Process versus Limits: A View of the Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 No. 1 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
TEN. On the Cavatina of Beethoven's String Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 130 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
ELEVEN. Beethoven's Autograph Manuscripts and the Modern Performer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
APPENDIX I. Physical Features of the Autograph Manuscript of Opus 69, First Movement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
APPENDIX II. Beethoven's Correspondence on the Text of Opus 69 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
APPENDIX III. Use of Additional Staves in the Autograph of Opus 69 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
APPENDIX IV. Provisional List of Variants in the Autograph of Opus 69 (excluding variants discussed in text) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Index of Compositions, Sketches, and Other Documents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 283
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 8
- Tables: 10
- Other: 89 musical examples, 10 tables, 7 halftones, 1 line illustration
Keywords: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical; MUSIC / General; Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Criticism and interpretation.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674430204

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1992
ISBN: 9780674430181