The Critical Reception of Beethoven's Compositions by His German Contemporaries

Download or read book The Critical Reception of Beethoven's Compositions by His German Contemporaries written by Wayne M. Senner and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled here are reviews, reports, notes, and essays found in German-language periodicals published between 1783 and 1830. The documents are translated into English with copious notes and annotations, an introductory essay, and indexes of names, subjects, and works. The volumes contain a general section and documents on specific opus numbers up to opus 72, with musical examples redrawn from the original publications. The collection brings to light contemporary perceptions of Beethoven's music, including matters such as audience, setting, facilities, orchestra, instruments, and performers as well as the relationship of Beethoven's music to theoretical and critical ideas of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These documents, most of which appear in English for the first time, present a wide spectrum of insights into the perceptions that Beethoven's contemporaries had of his monumental music.