Beethoven's "Orpheus" concerto
Subtitle: the fourth piano concerto in its cultural context
By: Owen Jander.
Series: North American Beethoven studies -- no. 5
Publisher: Pendragon Press; Pendragon Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hillsdale, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781576471326
Subjects: Beethoven, Ludwig van, -- 1770-1827; Orpheus (Greek mythology) -- Songs and music -- History and criticism; Program music; Music and literature
Genres: Songs and music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beethoven's awareness of the Orpheus legend; title: A unique musical form invented to reflect a dramatic narrative : The Andante con moto of the fourth piano concerto (Orpheus in Hades); title: The Orpheus legend as a unifying plan : The first movement of the fourth piano concerto (The song of Orpheus) ; An interruption, addressing the important question : Why did Beethoven not reveal and explain the Orpheus program in his fourth piano concerto?; title: Music "To complete the picturesque design" (Czerny) : The finale of the fourth piano concerto (Orpheus and the Bacchantes); title: The Mähler portrait of Beethoven, ca. 1804  : Graphic evidence of Beethoven's three-part Orphic plan in his fourth piano concerto.