The Beethoven compendium a guide to Beethoven's life and music /
| Other Authors: | Cooper, Barry |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Thames and Hudson,
{uFFFD}1991.
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| Physical Description: |
351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, music, genealogical tables ; 27 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Calendar of Beethoven's life, works, and related events / Barry Cooper
- Beethoven's family tree / Barry Cooper
- Who's who of Beethoven's contemporaries / Barry Cooper
- Historical background. Politics / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Intellectual currents: philosophy and aesthetics / Nicholas Marston ; Patronage and the place of the artist in society / Nicholas Marston ; Economics / Barry Cooper
- Musical background. Evolution of the classical style 1750-1800 / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Influences on Beethoven's style / Barry Cooper ; Beethoven's musical environment / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Music copying and publishing / Barry Cooper ; Beethoven's patrons and commissions / Anne-Louise Coldicott
- Beethoven as an individual. Appearance and manner ; Character and behavior ; Personal relationships ; Financial affairs ; The portraits ; Residences and travel ; Daily routine and composing habits ; Beethoven as pianist, conductor, and teacher ; Illness, deafness and death / Anne-Louise Coldicott
- Beethoven's beliefs and opinions. Philosophical ideas: ethics and art ; Politics ; Religion ; Literature ; Personal environment ; Other composers ; Himself ; His own music / Barry Cooper
- Biographical and musical source material. Letters / Nicholas Marston ; Conversation books / Nicholas Marston ; Diaries and other documents / Barry Cooper ; The Heiligenstadt testament / Barry Cooper ; Sketches / Nicholas Marston ; Beethoven's hand ; Autograph scores / Barry Cooper ; First editions and publishers / Barry Cooper ; Manuscript paper and handwriting / Barry Cooper
- A conspectus of Beethoven's music. The sylistic periods ; Traditional elements of Beethoven's style ; Harmony and tonality ; Counterpoint ; Orchestration ; Musical form: innovations / William Drabkin
- The music. Numerical list of works / Barry Cooper ; Symphonies / Nicholas Marston ; Concertos and other orchestral music / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Dance music and marches / Barry Cooper ; Chamber music with wind / Nicholas Marston ; Chamber music for piano and strings / Nicholas Marston ; Chamber music for strings alone / Nicholas Marston ; Piano music / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Stage music / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Choral music; vocal music with orchestra, cannons / Barry Cooper ; Songs / Barry Cooper ; Folksong arrangements / Barry Cooper ; Arrangements of his own music; miscellaneous works / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Unfinished and projected works / Barry Cooper
- Performance practice in Beethoven's day / Anne-Louise Coldicott
- Reception. Contemporary assessments / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Posthumous assessments : the 'Romantic hero' / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Performance styles since Beethoven's day / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Monuments and memorials / Anne-Louise Coldicott ; Beethoven's place in music history / Barry Cooper
- Beethoven literature. Biography and biographers / William Drabkin ; Editions of the music / Nicholas Marston ; Analytical studies / Nicholas Marston ; Sketch studies / Nicholas Marston ; Bibliographies, catalogues, and indexes / Nicholas Marston.