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April 25, 2024

Beethoven’s theatrical quartets opp. 59, 74, and 95

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Free Download Beethoven’s theatrical quartets : opp. 59, 74, and 95 By November, Nancy; Beethoven, Ludwig van
2013 | 282 Pages | ISBN: 1107035457 | PDF | 14 MB
Beethoven’s middle-period quartets, Opp. 59, 74 and 95, are pieces that engage deeply with the aesthetic ideas of their time. In the first full contextual study of these works, Nancy November celebrates their uniqueness, exploring their reception history and early performance. In detailed analyses, she explores ways in which the quartets have both reflected and shaped the very idea of chamber music and offers a new historical understanding of the works’ physical, visual, social and ideological aspects. In the process, November provides a fresh critique of three key paradigms in current Beethoven studies: the focus on his late period; the emphasis on ‘heroic’ style in discussions of the middle period; and the idea of string quartets as ‘pure’, ‘autonomous’ artworks, cut off from social moorings. Importantly, this study shows that the quartets encompass a new lyric and theatrical impetus, which is an essential part of their unique, explorative character

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January 31, 2024

Beethoven (Pocket Biographies)

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Free Download Anne Pimlott Baker, "Beethoven (Pocket Biographies)"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0750915099, 0722252048 | EPUB | pages: 116 | 3.8 mb
Considered by many the world’s greatest composer, Ludwig van Beethoven achieved his ambitions against the difficulties of a bullying and drunken father, growing deafness and mounting ill-health. This biography tells the story of his life and work from his birth in Bonn in 1770 and his early employment as a court musician to his death in Vienna in 1827. It describes his studies with Haydn in Vienna and his work during the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon. His most financially successful period followed the Congress of Vienna in 1815, despite several unhappy love affairs and continuous worry over his nephew, Karl.

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January 30, 2024

Beethoven 1806

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Free Download Mark Ferraguto, "Beethoven 1806 "
English | ISBN: 0190947187 | 2019 | 272 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
Between early 1806 and early 1807, Ludwig van Beethoven completed a remarkable series of instrumental works. But critics have struggled to reconcile the music of this banner year with Beethoven’s "heroic style," the paradigm through which his middle-period works have typically been understood. Drawing on theories of mediation and a wealth of primary sources, Beethoven 1806 explores the specific contexts in which the music of this year was conceived, composed, and heard. As author Mark Ferraguto argues, understanding this music depends on appreciating the relationships that it both creates and reflects. Not only did Beethoven depend on patrons, performers, ✅Publishers, critics, and audiences to earn a living, but he also tailored his compositions to suit particular sensibilities, proclivities, and technologies.

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January 5, 2024

Beethoven’s Conversation Books Volume 4 Nos. 32 to 43 (May 1823 to September 1823)

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Free Download Theodore Albrecht, "Beethoven’s Conversation Books Volume 4: Nos. 32 to 43 (May 1823 to September 1823)"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1783276215 | PDF | pages: 364 | 4.3 mb
A complete new edition of Beethoven’s conversation books, in 12 volumes, now translated into English in their entirety for the first time. Covering a period associated with the revolutionary style of what we call "late Beethoven", these lively and compelling conversations are now finally accessible in English for the scholar and Beethoven-lover.

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June 26, 2023

Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations

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Free Download Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations By William Kinderman
2008 | 252 Pages | ISBN: 0195342364 | PDF | 11 MB
The Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, represent Beethoven’s most extraordinary achievement in the art of variation-writing. In their originality and power of invention, they stand beside other late Beethoven masterpieces such as the Ninth Symphony, the Missa Solemnis, and the last quartets. William Kinderman’s study of the compositional history of the work includes the first extended investigation and reconstruction of the sketches and drafts, and reveals, contrary to earlier views of its chronology, that it was actually begun in 1819, then put aside, and completed in 1822-3. Kinderman also provides an analytical discussion of the complete work, and he demonstrates how insights derived from a close study of the sketches can illuminate Beethoven’s compositional ideas and attitudes and contribute substantially to a better understanding of this massive and complex set of variations. The book includes complete transcriptions of the two central documents in the genesis of the Diabelli variations – the reconstructed Wittgenstein Sketchbook and the Paris – Landsberg – Montauban Draft.

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