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Beethoven's Folksong Settings - Chronology, Sources, Style (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R5,043
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Beethoven's Folksong Settings - Chronology, Sources, Style (Hardcover, New): Barry. Cooper

Beethoven's Folksong Settings - Chronology, Sources, Style (Hardcover, New)

Barry. Cooper

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Beethoven composed far more folksong settings than any other type of composition. Most are British songs, including Auld Lang Syne and the The Miller of Dee , with text by such authors as Burns, Byron and Scott. Yet Beethoven's settings, commissioned by George Thomson of Edinburgh, have been neglected by performers and scholars alike, and nearly all accounts of them are both superficial and startlingly inaccurate. This book is based on a very elablorate study of a wide range of sources, and dispels the many myths that have been circulating about this music. Every one of the 179 settings is dated to within a few weeks and an account is given of the souces of the melodies and texts, the difficulties of sending the music across Europe during the Napoleonic Wars (smugglers were even called upon to assist!), the fees Beethoven received, and when and how the texts were added. By comparing Beethoven's settings with those of his predecessors Pleyel, Haydhn and Kozeluch, the author demonstrates that Beethoven comprehensively transcended the bounds of convention, producing settings of extra-ordinary quality and originality. This book is intended for scholars, students, and those interested i

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Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 1994
First published: November 1994
Authors: Barry. Cooper (Senior Lecturer in Music)
Dimensions: 242 x 161 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 282
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-816283-4
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
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LSN: 0-19-816283-9
Barcode: 9780198162834

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