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Wagner, Schumann, and the Lessons of Beethoven's Ninth (Hardcover)
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Wagner, Schumann, and the Lessons of Beethoven's Ninth (Hardcover)
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In this original study, Christopher Alan Reynolds examines the
influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on two major
nineteenth-century composers, Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann.
During 1845 46 the compositional styles of Schumann and Wagner
changed in a common direction, toward a style that was more
contrapuntal, more densely motivic, and engaged in processes of
thematic transformation. Reynolds shows that the stylistic advances
that both composers made in Dresden in 1845 46 stemmed from a
deepened understanding of Beethoven's techniques and strategies in
the Ninth Symphony. The evidence provided by their compositions
from this pivotal year and the surrounding years suggests that they
discussed Beethoven's Ninth with each other in the months leading
up to the performance of this work, which Wagner conducted on Palm
Sunday in 1846. Two primary aspects that appear to have interested
them both are Beethoven's use of counterpoint involving contrary
motion and his gradual development of the Ode to Joy" melody
through the preceding movements. Combining a novel examination of
the historical record with careful readings of the music, Reynolds
adds further layers to this argument, speculating that Wagner and
Schumann may not have come to these discoveries entirely
independently of each other. The trail of influences that Reynolds
explores extends back to the music of Bach and ahead to Tristan and
Isolde, as well as to Brahms's First Symphony.
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