" «Beethoven [...], la esencia más íntima de la música [...] la verdadera encarnación del músico». " Beethoven es, junto con Ópera y drama, la obra que contiene las aportaciones más significativas de Richard Wagner a la estética musical. Wagner lo escribe para conmemorar el centenario del nacimiento de Ludwig van Beethoven, en un contexto histórico de exaltación nacional. La presente edición cuenta con un estudio introductorio que analiza el trasfondo filosófico de este ensayo: la clara influencia de la obra principal de A. Schopenhauer, El mundo como voluntad y representación, y la amistad del músico con F. Nietzsche, quien, durante el Idilio de Tribschen, leyó y revisó el Beethoven. Esto lo convierte en una joya que atrae no solo a melómanos y musicólogos, sino también a los interesados en la filosofía.
This second, revised edition further illuminates the human dimension that underlies a series of creative events unique in the history of civilization.
This collection features 25 popular pieces, including the Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight"); Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 ("Tempest"); 32 Variations in C Minor; more.
A critical study of the structure, style, and significance of the sixteen string quartets.
This volume concentrates on Beethoven's artistic achievements both by examining the origins of his works and by expert commentary on some of their most striking and original features.
From now on, we will all turn to Lockwood's Beethoven: The Music and the Life for insight and instruction." —Maynard Solomon "This is truly the Beethoven biography for the intelligent reader.
Follows a single lock of hair from Ludwig Van Beethoven, from the great composer's deathbed in 1827 to its 1994 sale at Sotheby's, and describes the scientific research done on it to uncover information about Beethoven's life.
PRAISE FOR JAN SWAFFORD CHARLES IVES: A Life in Music A sensitive, specific, gracefully worded, and remarkably clearheaded book that is both an engrossing biography . . . and a detailed examination of the work [Ives] left behind.
Discover the little-known story of Beethoven's beloved masterwork.
This book offers an insight into Beethoven's career, showing in well-documented detail the rise and decline of his powers as a performer.
Drawing on the latest research as well as using source material, a leading authority on the life and works of Ludwig van Beethoven reveals the man behind the legend, painting a complete portrait of the greatest composer who ever lived. 20 ...