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Beethoven, Violin concerto / Robin Stowell.

Author/creator Stowell, Robin
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxi, 126 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Cambridge music handbooks
Cambridge music handbooks. ^A275900
Contents Towards the violin concerto op. 61. Beethoven's violin concerto in the context of his oeuvre ; Beethoven as violinist ; Apprenticeship ; The violin and bow in the early nineteenth century -- The genesis of op. 61. The French connection I - principal personalities ; The French connection II - general style, form and character ; The French connection III - violin idiom ; Austrian influences ; Franz Clement - I: performing style ; Franz Clement - II: violin concerto in D major -- Reception and performance history. The premiere ; After the premiere ; The age of Joachim and Vieuxtemps ; Ysaye and other nineteenth-century virtuosos ; The age of recordings ; Editions of the solo violin part ; The version for piano op. 61a -- The textual history. Sketches ; Principal sources ; The text -- Structure and style I - 1. Allegro ma non troppo -- Structure and style II - 2/3. Larghetto - rondo: allegro. Larghetto ; Rondo: allegro -- Cadenzas -- Appendix 1. Select discography -- Appendix 2. Published cadenzas -- Appendix 3. Textual problems perpetuated in some printed scores.
Abstract Beethoven's Violin Concerto was the only significant work of this genre to appear between Mozart's five concertos of 1775 and Mendelssohn's E minor Concerto of 1844. This handbook explores the background to Beethoven's work, its genesis, its place in the composer's oeuvre and the influences which combined in its creation. It describes contemporary reactions to the work both in the musical press and in the concert hall during its first crucial years, and explains how it was eventually accepted into the repertory, spawning numerous recordings and editions. The principal sources and many of the work's textual problems are considered, including discussion of the composer's version for piano and orchestra, Op. 61a. A detailed account of the work itself is followed by a review of the wide variety of cadenzas that have been written to complement the concerto through its performance history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 118-121), discography (pages 98-99), and index.
LCCN 97014035
ISBN0521451590
ISBN0521457750 (pbk.)

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