- Description
- xviii, 301 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm
- Summary
- Beethoven's nine symphonies are a cornerstone of Western classical music and have revolutionised it. Composers succeeding Beethoven found their output measured against this master's work. But how did his symphonies come into being and how did they reach their final form? These are the questions this book seeks to answer. Barry Cooper has been one of the leading advocates of the need for extensive studies of Beethoven's sketches, and we see him here applying his usual investigative rigour to the study of the symphonies.0For most of the symphonies the sketches have not previously been fully examined. In contrast, Cooper's book provides a much deeper exploration of these sketches, along with autograph scores, corrected copies and first editions, while the Beethoven correspondence offers additional information on the first publication and performances of the symphonies. The result is a clear overview of the creation of each symphony in turn, placed within the context of musical life in Beethoven's Vienna. Another strand of the investigation covers Beethoven's unfinished symphonies and how they helped to provide the fertile soil from which the finished ones grew. Most of those did not progress beyond a few bars, but two, known as No. 0 and No. 10, were sketched extensively. This book therefore offers a unique investigation of the composition of the entire corpus of Beethoven's symphonies, reconstructing their creation from Beethoven's rather than posterity's viewpoint.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-290) and indexes.
- Call Number
- JME 24-108
- ISBN
- OCLC
- 1390190419
- Author
Cooper, Barry (Barry A. R.), author.
- Title
The creation of Beethoven's nine symphonies / Barry Cooper.
- Publisher
Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, 2024.
- Type of Content
text
notated music
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-290) and indexes.
- Other Form:
Electronic version: Cooper, Barry A. R. Creation of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies. Martlesham : Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated, 2024 9781805432036 (OCoLC)1402813830
- Research Call Number
JME 24-108