Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony
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- Author: David Wyn Jones, University of Wales College of Cardiff
- Date Published: November 1995
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521456845
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Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is in many ways his most startlingly original symphony. It has a programmatic content, it is in five movements rather than the normal four, and its mood is quite different from the usual barnstorming image of the composer. Why did he want to compose such a work? Why did it take him five years to realise his vision? What was he hoping to communicate? How did he achieve it? Finally, how was the work received? In a fascinating account of this popular work, David Wyn Jones addresses all these vital questions. He places the work in the context of concert life in Vienna at the beginning of the nineteenth century and considers the long tradition of pastoral subject matter in music. His account of the music draws attention to those features of grammar, syntax and form that determine the unique character of the work, making reference to interesting aspects of the autograph and the sketches.
Read more- It places the Symphony in the context of musical life of the time
- It uncovers the main stylistic characteristics in the music
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'... his guide is eloquent in matters of common sense, even as it resists insight by music analysis.... handbooks are not meant to be difficult affairs; they make their subjects accessible by being themselves accessibly written and attractively presented. Weather permitting, David Wyn Jones's Pastoral Symphony will be as readable on a picnic bench as at a library desk.' William Drabkin, The Times Literary Supplement
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- Date Published: November 1995
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521456845
- length: 116 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 7 mm
- weight: 0.16kg
- contains: 3 b/w illus. 12 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1.The concert of 22 December 1808
2. Background
3. Genesis and reception
4. Design and orchestration
5. Technique and image
6. 'Mehr Malerei als Empfindung'.
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