Beethoven: Studies in the Creative Process - Couverture rigide

Lockwood, Lewis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674063627 ISBN 13 : 9780674063624

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1992

Synopsis

It is well known that Mozart developed his works in his head and then simply transcribed them onto paper, while Beethoven laboured assiduously over sketches and drafts. Indeed Beethoven's extensive sketchbooks (which total over 8,000 pages) and the autograph manuscripts, covering several stages of development, reveal the composer systematically exploring and evolving his musical ideas. Through close investigation of individual works, Lewis Lockwood traces the creative process as it emerges in Beethoven's sketches and manuscripts. Four studies address the composition of the "Eroica" symphony from various viewpoints. The chamber works discussed include the Cello Sonata in A Major, Opus 69 (of which the entire autograph manuscripts of the first movement is published here in facsimile), the string quartet Opus 59 No. 1, and the Cavatina of the later quartet Opus 130. Lockwood's analysis enhances our understanding of Beethoven's musical strategies and stylistic developments as well as the compositional process itself. In a final chapter the author outlines the importance of Beethoven's autographs for the modern performer. Lewis Lockwood is also author of "Music in Renaissance Ferrara" which won the Kinkeldey (music) and Marraro (history) prizes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674063627
• ISBN 13: 9780674063624
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 294
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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