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Author:

Geck, Martin, author.

Title:

Beethoven's symphonies : nine approaches to art and ideas / Martin Geck ; translated by Stewart Spencer.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Beethoven, Ludwig van,--1770-1827.--Symphonies.
Beethoven, Ludwig van,--1770-1827--Criticism and interpretation.
Symphony--19th century.

Other Authors:

Spencer, Stewart, translator.
Translation of: Geck, Martin. Sinfonien Beethovens.

Other Titles:

Sinfonien Beethovens. English

Notes:

Translated from the German. 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.

ISBN:

022645388X
9780226453880

OCLC:

(OCoLC)958779834

LCCN:

2016041562

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)