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After learning that he is going deaf, Beethoven is determined to write a great symphony using the heroic deeds of Napoleon as his initial inspiration.
Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 27,10 MB
Release : 2004-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1607344459
After learning that he is going deaf, Beethoven is determined to write a great symphony using the heroic deeds of Napoleon as his initial inspiration.
Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 22,98 MB
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1580895301
Discover the little-known story of Beethoven's beloved masterwork. As the best pianist in Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven had everything: talent, money, fame. But he also had a terrible secret. He was slowly going deaf. Though his hearing deserted him, the maestro never lost his music. Seeking inspiration for his compositions, Beethoven hit upon Napoleon Bonaparte, then considered a liberator and a folk hero. Soon after Beethoven completed the work, Napoleon declared himself Emperor of France; betrayed and enraged, Beethoven tore his copy of the score to pieces. But his friend Ferdinand rescued a copy, and in time, Beethoven renamed it Eroica: the Heroic Symphony, dedicated to hero in each and every one of us.
Author : Thomas Sipe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 20,69 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521475624
The Eroica Symphony is perhaps Beethoven's most provocative work. Its unprecedented design and its powerful emotional impact forever redefined the potential of musical expression. The work was conceived as a homage to Napoleon Bonaparte, but understood for over a century as a passionate rejection of the tyranny he came to represent. This book traces the compositional process and puts the Eroica in precise historical and aesthetic perspective: the political situations that brought about both the dedication to Napoleon and its withdrawal show that Beethoven followed diplomatic developments astutely. Early interpretations by Beethoven's contemporaries show that they understood the work's import clearly. This study focuses on Beethoven's unique ability to imbue traditional symphonic forms with the idealism of his philosophical mentor, Friedrich Schiller.
Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1684447151
Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Beethoven’s Third Symphony was written as Beethoven was struggling with his advancing deafness. Meant as a celebration of Napoleon’s victories, the four movements reflected Bonaparte’s courage and heroism. Soon after Beethoven completed the work, he discovered Napolean’s treachery in declaring himself Emperor of France, and the composer considered destroying the composition. Instead, The Bonaparte Symphony was later renamed the Eroica, or Heroic Symphony. From the Hardcover edition.
Author : Scott Burnham
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,8 MB
Release : 2000-04-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780691050584
Bringing together reception history, music analysis and criticism, the history of music theory, and the philosophy of music, Beethoven Hero explores the nature and persistence of Beethoven's heroic style. What have we come to value in this music, asks Scott Burnham, and why do generations of critics and analysts hear it in much the same way? Specifically, what is it that fosters the intensity of listener engagement with the heroic style, the often overwhelming sense of identification with its musical process? Starting with the story of heroic quest heard time and again in the first movement of the Eroica Symphony, Burnham suggests that Beethoven's music matters profoundly to its listeners because it projects an empowering sense of self, destiny, and freedom, while modeling ironic self-consciousness. In addition to thus identifying Beethoven's music as an overarching expression of values central to the age of Goethe and Hegel, the author describes and then critiques the process by which the musical values of the heroic style quickly became the controlling model of compositional logic in Western music criticism and analysis. Apart from its importance for students of Beethoven, this book will appeal to those interested in canon formation in the arts and in music as a cultural, ethical, and emotional force--and to anyone concerned with what we want from music and what music does for us.
Author : Nancy November
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 21,17 MB
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 1108529860
This Companion provides orientation for those embarking on the study of Beethoven's much-discussed Eroica Symphony, as well as providing fresh insights that will appeal to scholars, performers and listeners more generally. The book addresses the symphony in three thematic sections, on genesis, analysis and reception history, and covers key topics including political context, dedication, sources of the Symphony's inspiration, 'heroism' and the idea of a 'watershed' work. Critical studies of writings and analyses from Beethoven's day to ours are included, as well as a range of other relevant responses to the work, including compositions, recordings, images and film. The Companion draws on previous literature but also illuminates the work from new angles, based on new evidence and a range of approaches by twelve leading scholars in Beethoven research.
Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1570914060
CD recording of Haydn's Symphony No. 45 ("Farewell") and Symphony No. 31 included.
Author : Nancy Faber
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 21,49 MB
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1616779195
(Faber Piano Adventures ). In this inspiring collection, late-elementary to early-intermediate pianists will find appealing arrangements that advance skills while exploring masterworks of Western music. The famous orchestral, keyboard, and operatic repertoire here spans four periods of music history. In the Baroque & Classical section, discover the elegance of Bach, the beauty of Mozart and the passion of Beethoven. Through the pages of the Romantic & Impressionistic section, sample the lyricism of Chopin, the drama of Grieg, and the atmosphere of Debussy. May the melodies of these and many other composers open an enduring world of expression and sound.
Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 49,97 MB
Release : 2016
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ISBN : 9781632895080
Author : Nora Kennedy
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 1933
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