| The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance Contributor(s): Lockwood, Lewis (Editor), Kroll, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0252029321 ISBN-13: 9780252029325 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2004 Annotation: Beethoven's ten violin sonatas have long been cornerstones of the Chamber music repertoire. The "Spring" and "Kreutzer" sonatas are the best known of these works, which stand at the pinnacle of music for violin and piano. Lewis Lockwood and Mark Kroll's volume The Beethoven Violin Sonatas is the first scholarly book in English devoted exclusively to the Beethoven sonatas, and deals with them in unprecedented depth. It presents seven critical and historical essays by some of the most important American and European Beethoven specialists of our time. The authors examine the sonatas within the history of the genre, the social and cultural context in which they were written, their significance within Beethoven's life and works, and the issues they raise regarding performance practices of the period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Musical Instruments - Strings - Music | Instruction & Study - Composition - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 787.218 |
| LCCN: 2003026966 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 7.22" W x 10.28" (1.25 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beethoven's ten violin sonatas have long been cornerstones of the chamber music repertoire. The "Spring" and "Kreutzer" sonatas are the best known of these works, which stand at the pinnacle of music for violin and piano. Lewis Lockwood and Mark Kroll's volume The Beethoven Violin Sonatas is the first scholarly book in English devoted exclusively to the Beethoven sonatas, and deals with them in unprecedented depth. It presents seven critical and historical essays by some of the most important American and European Beethoven specialists of our time. The authors examine the sonatas within the history of the genre, the social and cultural context in which they were written, their significance within Beethoven's life and works, and the issues they raise regarding performance practices of the period. |