{"product_id":"from-the-ruins-of-enlightenment-9780226821634","title":"From the Ruins of Enlightenment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Kramer follows the work of Beethoven and Schubert from 1815 through to the final months of their lives, when each were increasingly absorbed in iconic projects that would soon enough inspire notions of late style.  Here is Vienna, hosting a congress in 1815 that would redraw national boundaries and reconfigure the European community for a full century. A snapshot captures two of its citizens, each seemingly oblivious to this momentous political environment: Franz Schubert, not yet twenty years old and in the midst of his most prolific yearsome 140 songs, four operas, and much else; and Ludwig van Beethoven, struggling through a midlife crisis that would yield the song cycle An die ferne Geliebte, two strikingly original cello sonatas, and the two formidable sonatas for the Hammerklavier, opp. 101 and 106. In Richard Kramer's compelling reading, each seemed to be composing againstBeethoven, against the Enlightenment; Schubert, against the looming presence of the older composer e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kramer places the works he discusses within revelatory new cultural contexts; as ever, he writes analysis which speaks to the performer.” * Ian Bostridge, author of 'Song and Self: A Singer's Reflections on Music and Performance' *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFrom the Ruins of Enlightenment \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully written, original analysis of many of the best known, most often discussed and performed works of two central composers, Beethoven and Schubert. As has been the case in Kramer’s work throughout his career, this is an exceedingly \u003ci\u003emusical \u003c\/i\u003estudy, one which promises to change the way we hear the works he discusses. Kramer is a sensitive reader of poetry and an insightful analyst of how composers interpreted the texts they set.” * Christopher Reynolds, University of California, Davis *\u003cbr\u003e“Kramer is one of the world’s most important critics on music and aesthetics of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He is a giant figure in Schubert studies. Unafraid to be controversial, he always writes with stringency, shrewd discrimination, and verve. What is distinctive about Kramer’s venture into a topic that has occasioned a wealth of contending interventions is its peerless mastery of Beethoven’s and Schubert’s compositional approaches. \u003ci\u003eFrom the Ruins of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e is unique in its range, scholarly ambition, and intellectual vigor.” * Lorraine Byrne Bodley, Maynooth University *\u003cbr\u003e“Drawing heavily on the composers’ sketches, drafts, manuscripts, notebooks, contemporary sources, and his own performance experience, Kramer demonstrates an acute ear, an analytical mind, and reasoned opinions. . . . Readers will feel as if they are looking over the shoulders of these musical titans as they create stunning work.” * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"This text about music should be carefully read and even more carefully pondered, especially by anyone who dares to feel that the time for new books about Schubert and Beethoven has gone for ever.\" * The Musical Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreamble: 1815 and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the Silence of the Poem\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Hölty’s Nightingales, and Schubert’s\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Herder’s Hexameters, and Beethoven’s\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Whose \u003ci\u003eMeeres Stille\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Toward a Poetics of Fugue\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. \u003ci\u003eGradus ad Parnassum\u003c\/i\u003e: Beethoven, Schubert, and the Romance of Counterpoint\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. \u003ci\u003eCon alcune licenze\u003c\/i\u003e: On the Largo before the Fugue in Op. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sonata and the Claims of Narrative\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeethoven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. On a Challenging Moment in the Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello, Op. 102, No. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchubert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Against the Grain: The Sonata in G (D 894) and a Hermeneutics of Late Style\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Last Things, New Horizons\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Final Beethoven\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Posthumous Schubert\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: . . . and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables, Examples, and Figures\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400130044247,"sku":"9780226821634","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226821634.jpg?v=1730469824","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-the-ruins-of-enlightenment-9780226821634","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}