Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is in many ways his most startlingly original. It has a programmatic content, it is in five movements, and its mood is quite different from the usual barnstorming image of the composer. Why did he want to compose such a work? Why did it take him five years to realize his vision? What was he hoping to communicate? How did he achieve it? Finally, how was the work received? David Wyn Jones addresses all these vital questions in a fascinating account of this popular work and the context in which it was written.
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'... his guide is eloquent in matters of common sense, even as it resists insight by music analysis.... handbooks are not meant to be difficult affairs; they make their subjects accessible by being themselves accessibly written and attractively presented. Weather permitting, David Wyn Jones's Pastoral Symphony will be as readable on a picnic bench as at a library desk.' William Drabkin, The Times Literary Supplement
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Why did Beethoven compose it? How was the work received? As Beethoven's most startlingly original work, the composition of the Pastoral Symphony raises vital questions, many of which are addressed in this fascinating account of the popular work and the context in which it was written.
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Perhaps the most remarkable concert in Beethoven's career was that given in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pastoral Symphony, The Seasons, Eroica Symphony, Fifth Symphony, Liebhaber Concerte, Prince Lobkowitz, Haydn's Creation, Lustiges Zusammensein, First Symphony, Archduke Rudolph, Eroica Sketchbook, Triple Concerto, Agnus Dei, Fourth Piano Concerto, Fourth Symphony, Mehr Malerei, Second Symphony, Joseph Haydn, Missa Solemnis New!
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Perhaps the most remarkable concert in Beethoven's career was that given in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pastoral Symphony, The Seasons, Eroica Symphony, Fifth Symphony, Liebhaber Concerte, Prince Lobkowitz, Haydn's Creation, Lustiges Zusammensein, First Symphony, Archduke Rudolph, Eroica Sketchbook, Triple Concerto, Agnus Dei, Fourth Piano Concerto, Fourth Symphony, Mehr Malerei, Second Symphony, Joseph Haydn, Missa Solemnis New!
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- The Letters of Beethoven by Ludwig Van Beethoven on 5 pages
- Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I by Elliot Forbes on 4 pages
- Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies by George Grove on 4 pages
- The Life of Beethoven by Anton Schindler in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Essays in Musical Analysis, Volume 1: Symphonies by Sir Donald Francis Tovey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Symphony in Beethoven's Vienna by David Wyn Jones in Front Matter
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