{"product_id":"manchester-beethoven-studies-9781526155689","title":"Manchester Beethoven Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eManchester Beethoven studies \u003c\/i\u003epresents ten original chapters by scholars with close ties to the University of Manchester. It throws new light on many aspects of Beethoven’s life and works, with a special emphasis on early or little-known compositions such as his concert aria \u003ci\u003eErste Liebe\u003c\/i\u003e, his String Quintet Op. 104 and his folksong settings. Biographical elements are prominent in a wide-ranging reassessment of his religious attitudes and beliefs, while Charles Hallé, founder of the Manchester-based Hallé Orchestra, is revealed to have been a tireless and energetic promoter of Beethoven’s music in the later nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The index provides the unifying glue and a belvedere from which to reach into the entrails of this very diverse assemblage of Beethoven scholarship that rotates like satellites around the central reference point that is Manchester.'\u003cbr\u003eRob Barnett, Music Web International\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Barry Cooper and Matthew Pilcher \u003cbr\u003e1 Beethoven’s indebtedness to his teacher Christian Gottlob Neefe: a comparison of their Variations on Themes by\u003cbr\u003eCarl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Kris Worsley \u003cbr\u003e2 Beethoven’s Erste Liebe, Himmelslust, WoO 92: sources, languages, text-setting – Matthew Pilcher\u003cbr\u003e3 Situating Beethoven’s chamber music with wind: genre, topic and transcription – Martin Harlow\u003cbr\u003e4 Beethoven’s variation sets and the role of the slow variation – Artur Pereira\u003cbr\u003e5 A hermeneutic approach to word cues in the score of Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 in G major for pianoforte and orchestra, Op. 58 – Sara Eckerson \u003cbr\u003e6 Born under a gloomy star: new perspectives on Beethoven’s String Quintet Op. 104 – Jos van der Zanden\u003cbr\u003e7 Transcending slowness in Beethoven’s late style – Marten Noorduin \u003cbr\u003e8 Beethoven’s faith and beliefs in the context of his age: some unexplored avenues and reassessments, with special reference to Sailer – Susan Cooper \u003cbr\u003e9 Beethoven’s view of Scotland – Barry Cooper \u003cbr\u003e10 Charles Hallé: a Beethoven champion in Manchester – Siân Derry \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041019560279,"sku":"9781526155689","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526155689.jpg?v=1750948626","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/manchester-beethoven-studies-9781526155689","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}