Contents |
Part 1. Arrival and sacralization. Arrival in America ; Defining Beethoven ; Deification and spiritualization -- Part 2. Science, scholars, and critics. Beethoven, modernism, and science ; "The warm tropical summer of sketch research": Beethoven and the Cold War ; Reactions to modernism: musical meaning and the classical canon -- Part 3. Beethoven and the dramatic arts. Beethoven on the silver screen ; Beethoven's music in film ; Beethoven in the theater -- Part 4. Beyond classicism: Beethoven in American society and culture. "Beethoven was Black": why does it matter? ; Beethoven in popular music ; Beethoven everywhere. |
Abstract |
This book examines America's early reception to Beethoven, the use of his work and image in American music, movies, stage works, and other forms of popular culture, and related topics. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-397) and index. |
LCCN | 2011018050 |
ISBN | 9780253357045 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 0253357047 (cloth : alk. paper) |