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Journal articles on the topic "Beethoven's symphonies"

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Mathew, Nicholas. "Beethoven's Political Music, the Handelian Sublime, and the Aesthetics of Prostration." 19th-Century Music 33, no. 2 (2009): 110–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ncm.2009.33.2.110.

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Abstract This article argues for a number of hitherto unrecognized continuities——stylistic, aesthetic, and ideological——between Beethoven's marginalized ““political music”” from the period of the Congress of Vienna and his canonical symphonic works. It rereads his œœuvre against the background of the popularity and ubiquity of the ““Handelian sublime”” in early-nineteenth-century Viennese public life——that is, the aesthetics and social practice of grand choral singing, associated primarily with some of Handel's oratorios, but also with the late choral works of Haydn. Presenting new archival re
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Zhang, Xiaochen. "The Symphony of Bass in the Grand Narrative: On the Position and Function of Trombone in Beethoven's Symphonies." Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences 42 (December 9, 2024): 263–70. https://doi.org/10.54097/d3mgyh44.

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Trombone is an important brass instrument and plays an important role in modern symphony orchestra. Trombone is different from other brass instruments. In the history of the development of western Musical Instruments, the shape and playing mode of trombone have hardly changed. However, the position of the trombone in Beethoven's previous symphonies was radically different. Beethoven is recognized as the first composer to bring the trombone from sacred to secular music. This article will list three symphonies composed by Beethoven that include the trombone. Through the research of the creation
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Will, Richard. "Time, Morality, and Humanity in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony." Journal of the American Musicological Society 50, no. 2-3 (1997): 271–329. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/831836.

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While Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony exhibits the underlying four-movement framework and other familiar hallmarks of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century symphonies, in other respects it more closely resembles programmatic symphonies of the same period, particularly in the continuity between its concluding movements and the unusual structure of its storm. Its mixture of symphonic and programmatic practices serves to dramatize the effects of time on pastoral idylls and the role of morality therein. The work can be interpreted as a confrontation with these fundamentally human issues rather th
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Notley, Margaret. "Volksconcerte in Vienna and Late Nineteenth-Century Ideology of the Symphony." Journal of the American Musicological Society 50, no. 2-3 (1997): 421–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/831840.

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Late nineteenth-century journalistic criticism in Vienna offers many precedents for Paul Bekker's interpretation of the symphony. Beethoven's symphonies provided the model for an aesthetics of the genre-couched in metaphors connecting it to "the people"-that motivated the reception of works by Brahms and Bruckner. Activists who wished to inaugurate symphonic Volksconcerte in the city took the figurative utopian function of the genre literally. Though their efforts were confounded not only by institutionalized elitism but also by the preferences of the Viennese Volk for other kinds of music, th
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Bandy, Dorian. "Beethoven's Rhetoric of Embellishment." 19th-Century Music 46, no. 2 (2022): 125–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ncm.2022.46.2.125.

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This article examines the communicative and interpretive significance of melodic embellishment in Beethoven's oeuvre, with a particular focus on multi-movement instrumental works from the period 1795–1824. Embellishment has received comparatively little attention in Beethoven studies; yet it formed a crucial part of his musicianship as both a performer and a composer. The article begins with a broad overview of Beethoven's embellishment practices, drawing examples primarily from his early piano trios and piano sonatas. It then goes on to examine a series of issues in more detail: first, the ro
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Romashchuk, I. M. "BEETHOVEN IN THE MIRROR OF CENTURIES." Arts education and science 1, no. 4 (2020): 189–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.36871/hon.202004023.

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The article is devoted to a significant date — the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The author examines some issues of the influence of Beethoven's work on Russian artists in various fields of art. Especially stands out the name of one of the leading representatives of the Soviet musical avant-garde of the XXth century, composer Gavriil Popov, who created "Heroic" and "Pastoral" symphonies, following in the steps of the outstanding German master and entering into a "dialogue at a distance" with him. Furthermore, the indirect parallels between Po
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Knapp, Raymond. "A Tale of Two Symphonies: Converging Narratives of Divine Reconciliation in Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth." Journal of the American Musicological Society 53, no. 2 (2000): 291–343. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/832010.

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Owen Jander's recent observation that the concluding birdcalls in the second movement of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony reproduce the opening motive of his Fifth provides a starting point for considering the two symphonies together. Evidence derived from analysis, sketches, and compositional-biographical circumstances is used to establish and illuminate a process of modeling in which the Sixth Symphony adopts the procedural innovations of the Fifth while inverting their affective impact. Possible rationales for this modeling include Beethoven's preoccupation with transmutational variation and h
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Proksch, Bryan. "Beethoven's Symphonies: An Artistic Vision by Lewis Lockwood." Notes 74, no. 1 (2017): 100–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/not.2017.0079.

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Simonton, Dean Keith. "Numerical Odds and Evens in Beethoven's Nine Symphonies." Empirical Studies of the Arts 33, no. 1 (2015): 18–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0276237415569980.

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Brown, Clive. "Historical performance, metronome marks and tempo in Beethoven's symphonies." Early Music XIX, no. 2 (1991): 247–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/earlyj/xix.2.247.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Beethoven's symphonies"

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Liu, Hongye. "Interpréter les symphonies de Beethoven dans les transcriptions de Franz Liszt." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Strasbourg, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024STRAC022.

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Les transcriptions des symphonies de Beethoven pour piano seul par Liszt sont considérées comme les transcriptions les plus proches de l'original. Liszt a nommé ces transcriptions « partition de piano », signifiant spécifiquement reproduire ainsi la résonance orchestrale au piano. Liszt a également encouragé les jeunes pianistes du conservatoire à apprendre ces transcriptions. Cependant, les recherches existantes se limitent à l'étude des sources historiques et à l'analyse sur les partitions, ignorant la description de Liszt quant aux effets sonores résultant de l'interprétation orchestrale su
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Parsons, James 1956. "Ode to the Ninth: the Poetic and Musical Tradition Behind the Finale of Beethoven's Choral Symphony." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935728/.

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This study examines the finale of Beethoven's choral symphony and focuses on its inspirations and aims to invoke critical theories involving genre, namely genre's "horizon of expectation", and lead to an enriched perspective that points toward a number of compelling aspects of the Choral Finale overlooked by previous commentators.
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Eichhorn, Andreas. "Beethovens Neunte Symphonie : die Geschichte ihrer Aufführung und Rezeption /." Kassel ; Basel ; London : Bärenreiter, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35641148f.

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Oechsle, Siegfried. "Symphonik nach Beethoven : Studien zu Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn und Gade /." Kassel ; Basel ; London : Bärenreiter, 1992. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35531549h.

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Buch, Estebán. "La Neuvième symphonie de Beethoven et la construction de l'identité Européenne." Paris, EHESS, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997EHESA011.

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Ce travail explore le statut symbolique de l'image et la musique de beethoven dans l'histoire politique de l'europe, jusqu'a l'adoption en 1985 de la melodie de l'ode a la joie comme hymne officiel de la communaute europeenne. Deux modes de constitution de l'imaginaire social par l'intermediaire de la musique sont notamment consideres : le mythe du heros-musicien d'une part, les genres des musiques politiques de l'autre, aussi bien que leur interaction paradigmatique dans le cas de beethoven et de sa reception. La recherche se developpe en trois moments. La premiere partie decrit la naissance
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Raab, Armin. "Werkidee und Klangvorstellung. Beethovens Staccato als editorisches Problem am Beispiel der Symphonie Nr. 1." Bärenreiter Verlag, 1998. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A37112.

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Cobra, De Oliveira Maximianno. "Les symphonies de Ludwig van Beethoven : une étude analytique, critique et historique en vue d'une nouvelle édition." Paris 4, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA040191.

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Ce travail se propose de mettre en évidence les matériaux, les principes et quelques-uns des choix essentiels que nous semblerait devoir assumer une véritable Edition critique des symphonies de Beethoven, titre auquel aucune des éditions actuelles, même les plus récentes, ne peuvent prétendre. Une première partie d'ordre historique énonce quelques éléments et principes essentiels d'une approche objective féconde de l'époque de Beethoven. Illustration de notre méthode et échantillon de ce que devrait à nos yeux inclure une future Edition critique intégrale des symphonies de Beethoven, la second
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Cummings, Ronn (Ronn Thomas). "Analysis of the Re-Orchestrations of Robert Schumann's Four Symphonies Employed by Felix Weingartner: With Four Recitals of Selected Works by Schumann, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Bizet, Rossini, and Chabrier." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935814/.

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An analysis of re-orchestrations of Robert Schumann's four symphonies employed by conductor Felix Weingartner (1863-1942). The text includes a brief history of Schumann's orchestral writing career and an overview of Weingartner's life as a conductor. The bulk of the dissertation discusses actual changes suggested by Weingartner (with score examples). Patterns of modifications are identified and discussed as they relate to historically entrenched problems perceived with Schumann's originally employed practices of orchestration. The analysis focuses on overall patterns of alteration imposed by W
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Wiegandt, Matthias. "Vergessene Symphonik ? : Studien zu Joachim Raff, Carl Reinecke und zum Problem der Epigonalität in der Musik /." Sinzig : Studio, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39996115s.

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Vial-Henninger, Mireille. "Essai de mythe-analyse du processus de création musicale : justification, méthode, application. Beethoven, la 23e sonate dite Appassionata (exposition) ; Berlioz, Episode de la vie d'un artiste : la Symphonie fantastique suivie de Lélio ou le retour à la vie." Paris 4, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA040092.

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L'auteur essaie de faire apparaitre, à travers l'analyse de deux œuvres : l'exposition du 1er mouvement de la sonate Appassionata de L. Van Beethoven et La symphonie fantastique suivie de Lélio ou le retour à la vie de Berlioz, la fécondité et la fiabilité de ce qui pourrait devenir une nouvelle forme - ou application - d'analyse musicale. Son outil dominant est l'usage rationnel du raisonnement par analogie, appliqué à la logique du vivant, binaire et polarisée (sur le modèle du biologiste S. Lupasco), alliée au mythe. Cette approche n'envisage que l'œuvre musicale elle-même et non l'investig
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Books on the topic "Beethoven's symphonies"

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Young, John Bell. Beethoven's symphonies: A guided tour. Amadeus Press, 2008.

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Perlmutter, Richard. Beethoven's wig: Sing along symphonies. Rounder Kids, 2002.

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Parsons, James. Ode to the Ninth: The poetic and musical tradition behind the finale of Beethoven's "Choral symphony". UMI, 1992.

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Simpson, Robert Wilfred Levick. Beethoven symphonies. Ariel Music, BBC publications, 1986., 1986.

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Simpson, Robert. Beethoven symphonies. Ariel Music, 1986.

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Berlioz, Hector. A critical study of Beethoven's nine symphonies: With "A few words on his trios and sonatas", a criticism of "Fidelio" and an introductory essay on music. Native American Book Publishers, 1990.

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1957-, Ulm Renate, ed. Die 9 Symphonien Beethovens: Entstehung, Deutung, Wirkung : mit 10 Beethoven-Porträts. Bärenreiter, 1994.

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Rexroth, Dieter. Beethovens Symphonien: Ein musikalischer Werkführer. C.H. Beck, 2005.

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Berlioz, Hector. Textes sur les symphonies de Beethoven. Page après page, 2005.

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Beethoven, Ludwig van. Beethoven for all: Symphonies 1-9. Decca, 2012.

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Book chapters on the topic "Beethoven's symphonies"

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Dorf, Samuel N., Heather MacLachlan, and Julia Randel. "Beethoven’s Symphonies." In Anthology to Accompany Gateways to Understanding Music. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003041542-29.

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Busch, Werner, and Martin Geck. "Moritz von Schwind Eine Symphonie 1852." In Beethoven-Bilder. J.B. Metzler, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-04972-8_5.

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Wegner, Sascha. "Neunte Symphonie. Beethovens Chorfinale zwischen Instrumental- und Vokalmusik." In Symphonien aus dem Geiste der Vokalmusik. J.B. Metzler, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-04616-1_3.

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Wegner, Sascha. "Pastoral-Sinfonie. Beethoven und der Gesang der Hirten." In Symphonien aus dem Geiste der Vokalmusik. J.B. Metzler, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-04616-1_2.

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Hurwitz, David. "Part 4: Symphonies." In Beethoven's Orchestral Music. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9781538135617-125.

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"INDEX OF BEETHOVEN’S WORKS." In The Creation of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies. Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.5558124.20.

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"Chamber Arrangements of Beethoven's Symphonies, Part 1." In Recent Researches in the Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, 75. A-R Editions, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.31022/n075.

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"Chamber Arrangements of Beethoven's Symphonies, Part 2." In Recent Researches in the Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, 77. A-R Editions, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.31022/n077.

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"Chamber Arrangements of Beethoven's Symphonies, Part 3." In Recent Researches in the Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, 79. A-R Editions, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31022/n079.

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"Beethoven and Steiner’s Plan." In Beethoven's Symphonies Arranged for the Chamber. Cambridge University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108924207.005.

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Conference papers on the topic "Beethoven's symphonies"

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Siegert, Christine. "Komponisten-Gesamtausgaben im digitalen Zeitalter: Perspektiven und Reflexionen am Beispiel Ludwig van Beethovens." In Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung 2019. Paderborn und Detmold. Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar der Universität Paderborn und der Hochschule für Musik Detmold, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.25366/2020.95.

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In the field of edition philology a diverse range of digital approaches is being put to the test. Taking Ludwig van Beethoven as a basis, this article demonstrates the limits of printed editions and presents preliminary considerations for a genuinely digital edition of his works. Various versions of the Ninth Symphony, the publisher Sigmund Anton Steiner’s publication concept for the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies and Wellingtons Sieg, which incorporated arrangements for highly diverse scorings, as well as the use of single numbers from the opera Fidelio in other music theatre works of the time
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