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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index. |
| Contents |
Beethoven and the Grosse Fuge -- Beethoven the freelance musician -- Beethoven's character -- Music and meaning -- The Grosse Fuge. |
| Summary |
This book looks closely at both Beethoven and the Grosse Fuge, placing both in their historical and social contexts. It considers interesting questions about whether absolute music-music without words-can have meaning and speculates that some works of Western music can evoke synesthesia in listeners-a sense of motion through three-dimensional volumes of space. The author also speculates that Beethoven's long creative dry spell in his late 40s was caused by an extended bout with clinical depression. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Grosse Fuge, violins (2), viola, cello.
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
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Grosse Fuge (Beethoven, Ludwig van) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kahn, Robert S. Beethoven and the Grosse Fuge. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010 9780810874183 0810874180 (DLC) 2010008032 |
| ISBN |
1461664055 (electronic book) |
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9781461664055 (electronic book) |
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9780810874183 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0810874180 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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