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Author:

Jander, Owen.

Title:

Beethoven's "Orpheus" concerto : the fourth piano concerto in its cultural context / Owen Jander.

Publisher:

Pendragon Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 215 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Beethoven, Ludwig van,--1770-1827.--Concertos,--piano, orchestra--no. 4, op. 58,--G major.
Orpheus (Greek mythology)--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Program music.
Music and literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-205) and indexes.

Contents:

Beethoven's awareness of the Orpheus legend -- A unique musical form invented to reflect a dramatic narrative : The Andante con moto of the fourth piano concerto (Orpheus in Hades) -- The Orpheus legend as a unifying plan : The first movement of the fourth piano concerto (The song of Orpheus) ; An interruption, addressing the important question : Why did Beethoven not reveal and explain the Orpheus program in his fourth piano concerto? -- Music "to complete the picturesque design" (Czerny) : The finale of the fourth piano concerto (Orpheus and the Bacchantes) -- The Mähler portrait of Beethoven, ca. 1804 : Graphic evidence of Beethoven's three-part Orphic plan in his fourth piano concerto -- Conclusion and chronology of Beethoven's fourth piano concerto.

Series:

North American Beethoven studies ; no. 5

ISBN:

1576471322
9781576471326

OCLC:

(OCoLC)289095952

LCCN:

2008053835

Locations:

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