Beethoven's Concertos: History, Style, Performance - Softcover

Leon, Platinga

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393333450 ISBN 13: 9780393333459

Verlag: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1980

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In his concertos Beethoven joined in a sort of human expression that seems almost universal: a discourse of the individual and the group, or of leader and followers who sometimes work together in harmony and sometimes appear pitted one against the other (early definitions of the concerto, indeed, were divided as to which was the main idea of the genre-cooperation or conflict). In his concertos Beethoven typically cast himself as leader; the concerto was for him mainly a youthful preoccupation intimately bound up with his prowess and ambition as a public pianist. The hope is that a wide-ranging consideration of the historical context will serve to cast new light upon the music itself, which remains the central focus of this study.

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Beethoven's five concertos for piano, his Violin Concerto, and his Triple Concerto rank among the most famous and beloved works in the concert literature. The composer regarded the piano concertos, which he customarily premiered himself, as very personal vehicles for conveying his musical thought and performance style. In this book, the first full-length study of Beethoven's concertos, Leon Plantinga brings to bear his extensive scholarship in music of the Romantic era to establish the circumstances surrounding the composition and first performances of these enduring works. He locates them in their social and musical contexts and discusses the form, style, and affect of each concerto, searching out its eloquent individuality. Finally, Plantinga looks at the vexing questions surrounding the performance of this repertory today.

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• Verlag: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0393333450
• ISBN 13: 9780393333459
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 528