Beethoven and His World

Published by Princeton University Press 2000

Beethoven and His World

Edited by: Scott Burnham and Michael P. Steinberg

Volume 11 in the series The Bard Music Festival

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691218328

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About this book

Few composers even begin to approach Beethoven's pervasive presence in modern Western culture, from the concert hall to the comic strip. Edited by a cultural historian and a music theorist, Beethoven and His World gathers eminent scholars from several disciplines who collectively speak to the range of Beethoven's importance and of our perennial fascination with him.

The contributors address Beethoven's musical works and their cultural contexts. Reinhold Brinkmann explores the post-revolutionary context of Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, while Lewis Lockwood establishes a typology of heroism in works like Fidelio. Elaine Sisman, Nicholas Marston, and Glenn Stanley discuss issues of temporality, memory, and voice in works at the threshold of Beethoven's late style, such as An die Ferne Geliebte, the Cello Sonata op. 102, no. 1, and the somewhat later Piano Sonata op. 109. Peering behind the scenes into Beethoven's workshop, Tilman Skowroneck explains how the young Beethoven chose his pianos, and William Kinderman shows Beethoven in the process of sketching and revising his compositions.

The volume concludes with four essays engaging the broader question of reception of Beethoven's impact on his world and ours. Christopher Gibbs' study of Beethoven's funeral and its aftermath features documentary material appearing in English for the first time; art historian Alessandra Comini offers an illustrated discussion of Beethoven's ubiquitous and iconic frown; Sanna Pederson takes up the theme of masculinity in critical representations of Beethoven; and Leon Botstein examines the aesthetics and politics of hearing extramusical narratives and plots in Beethoven's music.

Bringing together varied and fresh approaches to the West's most celebrated composer, this collection of essays provides music lovers with an enriched understanding of Beethoven--as man, musician, and phenomenon.

Author / Editor information

Scott Burnham is Professor of Music at Princeton University and the author of Beethoven Hero(Princeton). Michael P. Steinberg is Professor of History at Cornell University and associate editor of The Music Quarterly. He is the author of The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival.

Reviews

"Shows a remarkable variety of current academic concerns having to do with Beethoven. . . . Filled with other interesting and delightful tidbits. . ."---James R. Oestreich, The New York Times

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface and Acknowledgments Scott Burnham and Michael P. Steinberg Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PART I HEROIC BEETHOVEN
In the Time(s) of the "Eroica" TRANSLATED BY IRENE ZEDLACHER Reinhold Brinkmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Beethoven, Florestan, and the Varieties of Heroism Lewis Lockwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
PART II LATE BEETHOVEN
Memory and Invention at the Threshold of Beethoven's Late Style Elaine Sisman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Voices and Their Rhythms in the First Movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109: Some Thoughts on the Performance and Analysis of a Late-Style Work Glenn Stanley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Voicing Beethoven's Distant Beloved Nicholas Marston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
PART III BEETHOVEN IN THE WORKSHOP
Keyboard Instruments of the Young Beethoven Tllman Skowroneck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Contrast and Continuity in Beethoven's Creative Process William Kinderman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
PART IV BEETHOVEN IN THE WORLD
Performances of Grief: Vienna's Response to the Death of Beethoven Christopher H. Gibbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
The Visual Beethoven: Whence, Why, and Whither the Scowl? Alessandra Comini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Beethoven and Masculinity Sanna Pederson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
The Search for Meaning in Beethoven: Popularity, Intimacy, and Politics in Historical Perspective Leon Botstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381