| Series |
North American Beethoven Studies ; 4
North American Beethoven studies ; v. 4. ^A303204
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| Contents |
Violin concerto in D major, op. 61. Background ; Unifying element throughout the concerto ; First movement: Allegro ma non troppo ; Second movement: Larghetto ; Third movement: rondo ; The sketches ; The original sources: the autograph ; The piano arrangement of op. 61 ; List of editions -- Piano sonata in D major, op. 10, no. 3. Background ; First movement, Presto ; The sketches ; Sketches for the first movement ; Second movement: Largo e mesto ; Sketches for the second movement ; Third movement: menuetto, trio, allegro. Trio -- Sketches for the third movement ; Fourth movement: rondo, allegro ; Sketches for the fourth movement ; Integration of the cycle ; List of editions -- Violin sonata in G major, op. 96. Background ; First movement: Allegro moderato ; Second movement: Adagio espressivo ; Third movement: Scherzo, allegro. Trio -- Differences in the draft and autograph ; Fourth movement: Poco allegretto ; Three earlier versions of the theme -- String quartet in A minor, op. 132. Background ; First movement: Assai sostenuto-Allegro ; Second movement: Allegro ma non tanto. Trio -- Third movement: Molto adagio, andante ; Bartok and the "Heiliger dankgesang" ; Fourth movement: Alla marcia, assai vivace ; Fifth movement (recitative) ; The instrumental recitative in Beethoven ; Op. 132 and Mendelssohn's string quartet in A minor, op. 13 ; Sixth movement: Allegro appassionato ; Integration of the cycle and cyclic form. |
| Review |
The purpose of the four long chapters in this volume is to consider widely and deeply four of Beethoven's most excellent works. Each work represents a different genre and each comes from a different period of Beethoven's stylistic development. Thus, the Piano Sonata, Op. 10, No. 3 (1797-98), represents the early period; the Violin Concerto, Op. 61 (1806), and Violin Sonata, Op. 96 (1812), the middle period (though with several later traits) and the String Quartet, Op. 132 (1825), the late period. As a result, the reader becomes acquainted with the special character of each genre as well as the overall development of Beethoven's style - including a large range of structural types and unique forms. Each work is given a comprehensive analysis rarely applied to single compositions of Beethoven. In addition to necessary historical background and references to the critical reception, comparisons have been included with other works by Beethoven in the same genre and period. This wider personal context combines with an effort to view Beethoven s music not only in terms of the heritage of Haydn and Mozart, but also in relation to the long development of Classic style and its procedures from the early Classic period onward, starting in the 1730s. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-407) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2008035629 |
| ISBN | 9781576471227 |
| ISBN | 1576471225 |
