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Beethoven's cello : five revolutionary sonatas and their world / Marc D. Moskovitz and R. Larry Todd.
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Moskovitz, Marc
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Language
English
Published/Created
Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2017.
©2017
Description
xxiv, 249 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
ML410.B42 M87 2017
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Sonata
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19th century
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Chamber music
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19th century
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History and criticism
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Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827
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Sonatas cello, piano
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Todd, R. Larry
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Summary note
"In 1796 the young Beethoven presented his first two cello sonatas at the court of Frederick William II, an avid cellist and the reigning Prussian monarch. Released in print the next year, these revolutionary sonatas forever altered the cello repertoire by fundamentally redefining the relationship between the cello and the piano and promoting their parity. Beethoven continued to develop the potential of the duo partnership in his three other cello sonatas - the lyrical and heroic Op. 69 and the two experimental sonatas Op. 102, No. 1 and No. 2, transcendent compositions conceived on the threshold of the composer's late style. In Beethoven's Cello, Marc D. Moskovitz and R. Larry Todd examine these seminal cornerstones of the cello repertoire and place them within their historical and cultural context. Also considered in a series of interludes are Beethoven's three variation sets, his cello-centric 'Triple' Concerto, and arrangements for cello and piano of other works. Two other interludes address the cellos owned by Beethoven and the changing nature of his pianos.Featuring a preface by renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and concluding with translated reviews of the composer's cello music published during his lifetime, Beethoven's Cello is the ideal companion for cellists, pianists, musicologists and chamber-music devotees desiring a comprehensive understanding of this beloved repertoire."--Jacket flap.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-238) and indexes.
Contents
1 From Bonn to Berlin
2 Music fit for a king: the sonata in F major Op. 5 No. 1 (1796)
Interlude: Beethoven's cellos
3 Tragic/comic masks: the sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 (1796)
Interlude: Beethoven's pianos
4 Themes and variations
Interlude: The Triple concerto as outlier
5 Friendship, war, tears, and grief: the sonata in A major Op. 69 (1808)
6 Freedom and control: the sonata in C major Op. 102 No. 1 (1815)
7 'Most remarkable and strange': the sonata in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1815)
Interlude: Arranged sonatas
8 Opus Posthumum
Appendix 1: Primary sources of Beethoven's music for cello and piano
Appendix 2: Reviews of Beethoven's cello music by his contemporaries.
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ISBN
1783272376
9781783272372 (hardcover)
LCCN
2017569147
OCLC
981957950
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