The Critical Reception of Beethoven's Compositions by His German Contemporaries, Volume 2

The Critical Reception of Beethoven's Compositions by His German Contemporaries, Volume 2
ISBN-10
0803212518
ISBN-13
9780803212510
Category
Music
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
1999-01-01
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Authors
Robin Wallace, Wayne M. Senner, William Rhea Meredith

Description

The volumes in The Critical Reception of Beethoven's Compositions by His German Contemporaries bring to light contemporary perceptions of Beethoven's music, including matters such as audience, setting, facilities, orchestra, instruments, and performers as well as the relationship of Beethoven's music to theoretical and critical ideas of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These documents, most of which appear in English for the first time, have been compiled from German-language periodicals published between 1783 and 1830. They present a wide spectrum of insights into the perceptions that Beethoven's contemporaries had of his monumental music. This is the second in a projected four-volume series. It begins with Opus 55, the Eroica, and ends with Opus 72, Fidelio.

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