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Beethoven's symphonies : nine approaches to art and ideas
- Title
- Beethoven's symphonies : nine approaches to art and ideas / Martin Geck ; translated by Stewart Spencer.
- Author
- Geck, Martin
- Publication
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Spencer, Stewart
- Description
- 197 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Uniform Title
- Sinfonien Beethovens. English
- Alternative Title
- Sinfonien Beethovens.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Translated from the German.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Beethoven: symphonist par excellence. Napoleon Bonaparte ; Orchestral weight ; Delusions of virility ; Structure ; Jean Paul's "Cloven hoof" -- Symphonies -- Prolegomenon to the individual symphonies. On idle speculations ; On portentous prologues to ebullient finales ; On elemental beginnings ; On archetypal images ; On memorable fugato passages ; On striking dissonances ; On "false" entries ; On the escapades of the timpani ; On highly expressive foreshortenings ; On Beethoven's fondness for the eroica ; On crossing a threshold -- The symphonies. Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21 ; Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36 ; Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 (eroica) ; Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60 ; Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 ; Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 (pastoral) ; Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92 ; Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93 ; Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125.
- Call Number
- JMD 17-39
- ISBN
- 9780226453880
- 022645388X
- LCCN
- 2016041562
- OCLC
- 958779834
- Author
- Geck, Martin, author.
- Title
- Beethoven's symphonies : nine approaches to art and ideas / Martin Geck ; translated by Stewart Spencer.
- Publisher
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Added Author
- Spencer, Stewart, translator.Translation of: Geck, Martin. Sinfonien Beethovens.
- Research Call Number
- JMD 17-39