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Full-Text Articles in Musicology
Review Of Beethoven's French Piano: A Tale Of Ambition And Frustration By Tom Beghin, Dorian Bandy
Review Of Beethoven's French Piano: A Tale Of Ambition And Frustration By Tom Beghin, Dorian Bandy
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Beethoven’S Ninth Symphony: Rehearsing And Performing Its 1824 Premiere By Theodore Albrecht, Marten Noorduin
Review Of Beethoven’S Ninth Symphony: Rehearsing And Performing Its 1824 Premiere By Theodore Albrecht, Marten Noorduin
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
The Movement Plans For The Quartet Op. 127 And The "Backstage" Of Beethoven's Late Style, Francesco Fontanelli
The Movement Plans For The Quartet Op. 127 And The "Backstage" Of Beethoven's Late Style, Francesco Fontanelli
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies Publications
Among the different sketch typologies in Beethoven’s hand, the so-called “telescoped drafts” are the most eloquent in conveying the composer’s vision and intentions. In these synoptic diagrams made up of musical ideas and notes in writing, Beethoven outlined the structure of the work he had in mind, fixing the decisive points (themes, keys, tempo markings, number and configuration of movements). Four movement plans are extant for the String Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat major, sketched between February 1823 and the summer of 1824; in each, the composer explores alternative ways of managing musical form and content.
This article discusses and …
“The Tremendous Products Of A Son Of The Gods.” Missa Solemnis (Op. 123), Overture (Op. 124), And Ninth Symphony (Op. 125), Birgit Lodes
“The Tremendous Products Of A Son Of The Gods.” Missa Solemnis (Op. 123), Overture (Op. 124), And Ninth Symphony (Op. 125), Birgit Lodes
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies Publications
The premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna on May 7, 1824, is generally considered a milestone in music history. This article argues against the common characterization that Beethoven, in this, his (last) academy, programmed a monumental symphony and, perhaps with some embarrassment, a few filler pieces, but instead very consciously chose to highlight his three most recently composed orchestral works: the overture to the festival play Die Weihe des Hauses op. 124; Kyrie, Credo and Agnus Dei of the Missa solemnis op. 123; and the Ninth Symphony op. 125. Listening to these three works together opens …
Beethoven's Ukraine Connection: New Light On The Creation Of His Flute Variations Opp. 105 And 107, Barry Cooper
Beethoven's Ukraine Connection: New Light On The Creation Of His Flute Variations Opp. 105 And 107, Barry Cooper
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies Publications
Two previously unidentified groups of sketches are revealed to be preliminary work for Beethoven’s last set of Flute Variations, Op. 107 No. 3. The theme is of Ukrainian origin, and the new discoveries are placed in the context of other manuscript material relating to the creation of the sixteen sets of flute variations, Opp. 105 and 107, which were commissioned by George Thomson. The extent of this preliminary work for Op. 107 No. 3 suggests that Beethoven spent much effort preparing the sixteen sets as a whole, and that the dearth of other sketches for them is probably due to …
Genius, Instrumental Music, And “Great Mistakes”: Amadeus Wendt And Beethoven’S Ninth Symphony, Sarah Clemmens Waltz
Genius, Instrumental Music, And “Great Mistakes”: Amadeus Wendt And Beethoven’S Ninth Symphony, Sarah Clemmens Waltz
Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies Publications
The author attributes the anonymous 1826 Berliner allegemeine musikalische Zeitung (BamZ) review of the Leipzig performances of Beethoven’s Ninth, which suggests removal of the choral finale and inspires A.B. Marx to a passionate defense, to the critic Amadeus Wendt. The career of Wendt as a philosophy professor is firmly established, as is his criticism for the BamZ, Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (AmZ), Cäcilia, Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung mit besonderer Rucksicht auf den österreichischen Kaiserstaat (WamZ), and other journals. Wendt’s Hoffmannesque opinions of instrumental music are contextualized via his extensive criticism of opera and vocal music, highlighting themes such as inappropriate virtuosity, (im)proper …
Joyful, Joyful! The Musical Significance Of Beethoven's Ninth, Allison N. Zieg
Joyful, Joyful! The Musical Significance Of Beethoven's Ninth, Allison N. Zieg
Musical Offerings
Almost everyone is familiar with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and the famous four note motif that represents fate knocking at the door. His Third Symphony, or “The Heroic Symphony” that was originally written for Napoleon Bonaparte, enjoyed great success and helped shape the future of classical music. However, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony which contains the well-known tune “Ode to Joy” most drastically impacted classical music’s future. Beethoven was a master at taking simple ideas and combining them with past musical traditions to create something extravagant and new. This is most evident in his Ninth Symphony. In this work, Beethoven did something that …
Influence And Innovation: Beethoven's Impact On The Sonatas For Piano And Cello By Mendelssohn And Chopin, Patrick T. Bellah
Influence And Innovation: Beethoven's Impact On The Sonatas For Piano And Cello By Mendelssohn And Chopin, Patrick T. Bellah
Dissertations, 2020-current
The bulk of the scholarship in this paper centers around Beethoven’s five sonatas written for piano and cello and how he established a new normal within the genre. This is evidenced by what are arguably the two most noteworthy sonatas for the same instrumental medium, written by Mendelssohn and Chopin, following Beethoven’s death. I posit that the five sonatas written by Beethoven establish a series of models upon which the latter two works by his successors are based.
Chapters two and three of this document are separated into subsections that detail the plausibility of Beethoven’s influence through circumstantial evidence, musical …
“From The Heart, May It Go To The Heart”: Liturgy And Embodiment In Beethoven’S Missa Solemnis, Brigid J. Coleridge
“From The Heart, May It Go To The Heart”: Liturgy And Embodiment In Beethoven’S Missa Solemnis, Brigid J. Coleridge
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Since its 1824 premiere in St. Petersburg, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Op. 123 has only ever been performed in secular concert settings. This performance history is reflected in critical trends in Missa solemnis scholarship. Following Adorno’s 1959 essay that characterized the Missa as “alienated,” critical perspectives on Beethoven’s last Mass have largely responded to the work as "absolute" music, indifferent to or disregarding the Mass text. Despite its exclusively secular performance history, however, the Missa solemnis was written for use in the Mass liturgy (at the installation of the Archduke Rudolf as Archbishop of Olmütz). Moreover, the Missa was composed …
The Roman Catholic Ordinary Mass From Circa 1750 To Circa 1820: A Selected Bibliography, Letícia Gabriele Grützmann Januario
The Roman Catholic Ordinary Mass From Circa 1750 To Circa 1820: A Selected Bibliography, Letícia Gabriele Grützmann Januario
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
Orchestrated masses from the 18th century and early years of the 19th century provide a valuable source of repertoire for contemporary choral conductors. This project will explore composers and works from circa 1750 to 1820 to provide choral conductors with a list of works suitable for programming based on the practical size of vocal and instrumental forces.
Western choral music was born in a church setting. Among all choral genres, the mass is the only genre composed throughout all eras, from medieval until the 20th century. The mass remained a prominent genre during the 18th century despite the secularizing influence …
Emanuel Bach: A Composer Ahead Of His Time, Tyler Dellaperute
Emanuel Bach: A Composer Ahead Of His Time, Tyler Dellaperute
Musical Offerings
Up until recently, many musicologists perceived music history through the lens of what is known as the “linear view.” This is the idea that one “musical period” seamlessly gave way to another, with brief transitionary periods to bridge the gaps. As a result, composers were expected to fall neatly into categories depending on their chronological placement. For this reason, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the eldest son of J. S. Bach, was (and still is) regarded as merely the bridge between the late Baroque style and that of the Viennese Classicists. In the past half-century, however, scholars have begun to study …
The French Enlightenment And Two Men: Napoleon Bonaparte And Beethoven, Kate Pisarczyk, Zach Hall, Nelle Conley
The French Enlightenment And Two Men: Napoleon Bonaparte And Beethoven, Kate Pisarczyk, Zach Hall, Nelle Conley
2017 Festschrift: Beethoven's <em>Symphony No. 3, Op. 55</em>
Many of the philosophies developed during the French Enlightenment circulated around nature and human emotions. These philosophies were written by men, such as Diderot, in the Encyclopedia. Both Napoleon Bonaparte and Ludwig van Beethoven were able to exemplify the French Enlightenment through their representations of self-determination and expertise at their crafts; however, both men experienced pitfalls that greatly affected their careers. Napoleon’s was so detrimental to his career that he was exiled to a small island; whereas, Beethoven took the negativity surrounding the Heiligenstadt Testament and used these feelings to write the Eroica. This symphony was able to exemplify …
The Psychology Of Beethoven And The Eroica Symphony, Sean P. Harty, Rebekah K. Gohl, Dana J. Burhorn, Joshua S. Morano
The Psychology Of Beethoven And The Eroica Symphony, Sean P. Harty, Rebekah K. Gohl, Dana J. Burhorn, Joshua S. Morano
2017 Festschrift: Beethoven's <em>Symphony No. 3, Op. 55</em>
As a concert pianist and chapel organist, Beethoven rose to a fame in Vienna which allowed him patrons and friends who would support his compositions. One such patron was Count Waldstein, who claimed that Beethoven would inherit the spirit of Mozart in his famous prediction of Beethoven’s success. To study composition Beethoven turned to two prominent Viennese composers: Haydn and Salieri. As his fame grew, his health decreased until he was diagnosed with deafness and moved to Heiligenstadt. Here Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers called the Heiligenstadt Testament, which was never sent but expressed his troubled mental …
Beethoven's Eroica Sketchbooks: From Scribbles To Symphony, Victoria R. Kleeman, Katelyn Thurlby, Caitlin A. Thom, Monica Gil
Beethoven's Eroica Sketchbooks: From Scribbles To Symphony, Victoria R. Kleeman, Katelyn Thurlby, Caitlin A. Thom, Monica Gil
2017 Festschrift: Beethoven's <em>Symphony No. 3, Op. 55</em>
This paper will help readers to gain new insights on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Op. 55, also known as Eroica, by exploring the sketches related to this symphony. The background of the piece is discussed, and the sketches have been compared to the completed symphony. Beethoven’s sketching process was dramatically different from other composers of his time, and his sketches included even more musical material than was eventually included in the symphony.
Benefactors, Bonds, And Beholders: The Beliefs And Reality Behind Beethoven’S Behavior, Olivia M. Weismann, Abigail L. Smith, Moira R. Dunn, Kathryn E. Krajewski
Benefactors, Bonds, And Beholders: The Beliefs And Reality Behind Beethoven’S Behavior, Olivia M. Weismann, Abigail L. Smith, Moira R. Dunn, Kathryn E. Krajewski
2017 Festschrift: Beethoven's <em>Symphony No. 3, Op. 55</em>
This paper will explore the relationships which Beethoven had during the years he composed and premiered his Eroica Symphony. Some of the individuals who will be discussed in this paper include Prince Lobkowitz, Ferdinand Ries, and Franz Wegeler. After learning about the nature of these relationships, the reader should begin to realize that Beethoven’s notoriously irrational or ill-tempered behavior was only one facet of his life.
From A Chat In The Parlor To Viral Music Videos: An Analysis Of Music As A Social Occasion, Emma Plotnik
From A Chat In The Parlor To Viral Music Videos: An Analysis Of Music As A Social Occasion, Emma Plotnik
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
Imagine an intimate room filled with people playing cards and casually chatting, while one of Chopin’s piano sonatas plays elegantly in the background. This scenario is characteristic of the atmosphere surrounding Classical and Romantic European salons. Salons served as havens of musical discourse from the Baroque era to the early twentieth century. However, with the advancement of technology from the mid-twentieth century to the present, there has been a decline, or, arguably, even a cessation of salon life.
The aim of this project was to recreate the salon environment through the generation of the online discussion forum, "Music Soirée." To …
On The Hallelujah Efect: Priming Consumers, Recording Music, And The Spirit Of Tragedy, Babette Babich
On The Hallelujah Efect: Priming Consumers, Recording Music, And The Spirit Of Tragedy, Babette Babich
Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections
An overview of The Hallelujah Effect concentrating on priming or sonic branding, media, online porn as well as marketing and media programming, with a special excursus on the space of music --and radio in Adorno's Current of Music, and a detailed discussion on Nietzsche and music in antiquity as he explores this with reference ot Beethoven in The Birth of Tragedy.
Commonality And Diversity In Recordings Of Beethoven’S Middle-Period String Quartets, Nancy November
Commonality And Diversity In Recordings Of Beethoven’S Middle-Period String Quartets, Nancy November
Performance Practice Review
A widespread opinion in recent research about the performance of Beethoven’s works is that artists need to restore a connection to "tradition," and that recordings from the early twentieth century can help with this. However, these early recordings tell us most about the aesthetics and performance ideals of their day, and hence how Beethoven and his string quartets were received by early twentieth-century audiences. Case studies of early recordings of Beethoven middle-period quartets reveal ways in which these these performances differed, sometimes radically, from the kinds of performances Beethoven would have expected to hear, especially with regard to the use …
Der Zauber Der Musik: E.T.A. Hoffmann Und Das Erleben Des Sublimen, Katelin M. Richter
Der Zauber Der Musik: E.T.A. Hoffmann Und Das Erleben Des Sublimen, Katelin M. Richter
Lawrence University Honors Projects
Die Werke von E.T.A. Hoffmann konzentrieren sich auf ein bestimmtes romantisches Konzept: auf die Sehnsucht nach dem Unendlichen und auf das Erlebnis dieses sublimen romantischen Reiches. Um Hoffmanns romantische Ästhetik besser zu begreifen, lohnt es sich seine Werke (Novellen, musikalische Schriften, Aufsätze und Kompositionen) heranzuziehen, um festzustellen, wie seine Figuren vor allem durch die Musik das romantische Reich erleben und wie und aus welcher Perspektive der Zuschauer auf dieses Reich reagieren kann. Diese Arbeit wird untersuchen, wie sich Hoffmanns romantische Ästhetik in den Erzählungen, den theoretischen Schriften und in der Oper Undine offenbart, wie seine Charaktere durch die Musik danach …
Unusual Beethoven Items From The Krasner Collection, Donald Seibert
Unusual Beethoven Items From The Krasner Collection, Donald Seibert
The Courier
This article details the musical scores donated as gifts to the Syracuse University Libraries on behalf of violinist and Syracuse Professor Louis Krasner. Some of the scores include first editions of Beethoven scores, but the main collection includes rare chamber music and string adaptations of music popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Beethoven himself often protested about these works, claiming pianos are too far away from stringed instruments to be directly adapted.
Volume 75, Number 05 (May-June 1957), Guy Mccoy
Volume 75, Number 05 (May-June 1957), Guy Mccoy
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Josef Hofmann, 1876-1957
Igor Stravinsky, Approaching his 75th Birthday, is Truly a Colossus of Modern Music
Music in the High School Gym
Good Vocal Habits (interview with Renata Tebaldi)
What Power Professional Criticism
Thalberg's Erard: A Discovery
An Intriguing Account of the Various Operational Details Requiring Careful Attention . . . Behind the Opera Curtain
Books on American Music: A Selected Bibliography
Music in the Schools
Choral Potential From the Baroque Era
Music to Link Mankind: The Story of the Formation of an Important Body Having to Do with International Relations
Volume 57, Number 01 (January 1939), James Francis Cooke
Volume 57, Number 01 (January 1939), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
American Epic of Attainment
Amazing Musical World of To-day (interview with Walter Gieseking)
Going Through the Book
Moonlight Sonata: Fact, Fiction and Fancy
How to Abolish Fear Before Audiences: The Meaning of Mike-Fright
Men of the Orchestra: A Visit with the Individuals Who Produce the Music (interview with Mishel Piastro)
Spelling of Musical Notation: Musical Orthography Made Clear
Earning a Living Through Singing
Astonishing Invention of Musical Interest
New European Sound Reproducing Invention
Etude in C-sharp Minor by Chopin
Etude's Courses in Culture
Quest for Harmony in Decoration
Forward March of Music
Aids to Sight Reading
Another Use for Reward …
Volume 56, Number 12 (December 1938), James Francis Cooke
Volume 56, Number 12 (December 1938), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Christmas Love (poem)
Her Christmas Piano
What Music Has Done for Me (interview with William Allen White)
Lessons with Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Piano Virtuoso and Conductor: An Apostle of Beauty in Piano Playing
Four Octave Practice Helps
Christmas in Many Lands: A Television Christmas Recital
Lady of the Court of Henry XV (portrait)
Threshold of Music: Natural Laws That Guide the Flow of Chords
What Now for Music Teachers? A Nationwide Symposium: Eminent Members of the Music Teachers' National Association, to be in Convention in Washington During the Present Month, Discuss an Important Subject in Advance
Overcoming a Musical Crisis
Let's …
Volume 54, Number 07 (July 1936), James Francis Cooke
Volume 54, Number 07 (July 1936), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Romance of In the Gloaming
Road to Correct Fingering
Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training
Short Cuts to Easy Practice
First Love of Franz Liszt
At What Age Shall My Child Begin to Learn the Piano?
Different Bach
Developing Interest in Practicing
Stamps for Success
Sources of Beethoven's Inspiration
Secrets of the Conductor (interview with Fritz Reiner)
Musical Make-Believe
How the Tuner Can Help You
Indefinable Liszt (interview with Frederick Lamond)
How About Figured Bass?
Safe Rule for Clear Pedaling
Musicians and Their Food
Pitfalls in Teaching Piano Tone Production
Pupil's Piano
Progressive Music Chart
Darkness Before Dawn …
Volume 54, Number 01 (January 1936), James Francis Cooke
Volume 54, Number 01 (January 1936), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Singer's Art (interview with Feodor Chaliapin)
What Makes a Successful Pianoforte Piece
Music of the Buddhist Devil Dancers
Consort of Musick at Dame Percy's: An Outline for a Recital in Honor of Washingotn's Birthday
New Glimpses into the Life of Chopin
Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training
Harmonica Band: What Does it Offer
Music in Modern Home Life
Beethoven's Love of Nature
Volume 53, Number 07 (July 1935), James Francis Cooke
Volume 53, Number 07 (July 1935), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Musical Prosperity Leads the Way
Distinctly American Vocal Problems (interview with Queena Mario)
Star Spangled Banner: Our National Anthem, Enshrined in the Hearts of all Patriotic Americans
Violinist's Summer (interview with Mischa Elman)
Geography of the Piano: Where the Piano Comes From
Failures that Triumphed
Romances of Great Musicians: Romance in the Life of Mozart
Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training
Increasing the Resources of the Piano (interview with Walter Gieseking)
Music of the Congo: An Interesting Romance of the Music of Darkest Africa
Music Study Extension Course
Volume 52, Number 09 (September 1934), James Francis Cooke
Volume 52, Number 09 (September 1934), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Music Study for Adults (interview with Frederick B. Robinson)
What Geography Has to Do with Rhythm
Game of Musicians
Making a Fist
Teaching Accents
Maurice Ravel: The Man, The Musician, The Critic (interview with Maurice Ravel)
Beethoven, the Humorist
Kreisler and the Prodigy
Music Recreation and the Radio
What Makes a Good Touch
New Music for Ancient Plays
Practicing Difficult Passages
Story of Dixie and its Picturesque Composer
Parent Help in Music Study
Make Your Practice Period Worth While!
Bridge Strength for Pianists
Alabama's Share in Dixie
Cumulative Rewards
Technic Fun
Value of Similes
Volume 48, Number 08 (August 1930), James Francis Cooke
Volume 48, Number 08 (August 1930), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Gentle Art of Taking Time to Live!
Little More Beethoven, Please: The Pianoforte Sonata in A Flat, Op. 26
Scale Charts
Seeing Music as a Whole: Where Many Fail
Left Hand Difficulties
What's the Matter with our Music? (interview with Geraldine Farrar)
Most Useful of All Fingering Rules
Middle C
Precise Contact
Piano Teacher's Dictionary of Touch
Brothers and Sisters
Music of the Waltz and Its Creators
Workable Report Slip
Small Threads in the Musical Tapestry
Preparedness of Attack as an Aid to Sight Reading
Camouflage Scales
New Theory of Pianoforte Tone Production
Arranging Music for Toy Orchestras
Musical Sport …
Volume 48, Number 03 (March 1930), James Francis Cooke
Volume 48, Number 03 (March 1930), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Why Every Boy Should Study Music (interview with Herbert J. Tily)
Rare Portrait of Edward MacDowell
Ten Ideas from Edward MacDowell
Notable Musical Women
Developing the Student's Interpretative Ability
Playing Grace-Notes Without Distorting the Rhythm
Beethoven's Love Letters
Music of the Passion Play of Oberammergau: A Graphic Description Based on Presentations as Witnessed by the Writer in 1889, 1910, 1920
Arpeggios
Practicing and Playing
Teaching a Correct Position of the Hand
You Cannot Get Along without Scales
Marriage of Figaro: Adapted for Presentation as a Reading at Musical Clubs
Curing the Hustler
Points in Good Piano Playing
Volume 48, Number 02 (February 1930), James Francis Cooke
Volume 48, Number 02 (February 1930), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Master Teacher
Tragedy of Moussorgsky: The Dramatic Story of the Most Curious Figure in Music History
Tavern Music
Struggle of the Negro Musician
Chord Reading
Grandaddies of Our Pianos
Notable Musical Women
Master Discs
Development of the Left Hand
Light and Shade in Piano Playing
How Music Came to be Written: Musical Pioneers Who First Divised the Notation System
Handel and Beethoven: The Pillars of Our Modern Musical Structure
Don't Don't!: Why Some Teachers Are to Blame for the Failure of their Students
Portamento Touch