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Beethoven's cello : five revolutionary sonatas and their world / Marc D. Moskovitz and R. Larry Todd.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: [Woodbridge] : The Boydell Press, [2017]Copyright date: �2017Description: xxiv, 249 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • notated music
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1783272376
  • 9781783272372
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 787.4/183092 23
LOC classification:
  • ML410.B42 M87 2017
Contents:
1 From Bonn to Berlin -- 2 Music fit for a king: the sonata in F major Op. 5 No. 1 (1796) -- 3 Tragic/comic masks: the sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 (1796) -- 4 Themes and variations -- 5 Freindship, 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) -- 8 Opus Posthuman.
Summary: "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.
Holdings
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks ML410 .B42 M87 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001454155

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-238) and indexes.

1 From Bonn to Berlin -- 2 Music fit for a king: the sonata in F major Op. 5 No. 1 (1796) -- 3 Tragic/comic masks: the sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 (1796) -- 4 Themes and variations -- 5 Freindship, 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) -- 8 Opus Posthuman.

"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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