Beethoven after Napoleon
Subtitle: political romanticism in the late works
By: Stephen Rumph
Series: California studies in 19th century music -- 14; California studies in 19th century music -- 14.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780520238558
Subjects: Politisches Denken; Van; Romantisme dans la musique; Romanticism in music; Critique et interprétation; Histoire; Criticism and interpretation; History
Description: "In this analysis of Beethoven's late style, Stephen Rumph demonstrates how political events shaped the composer's music, from his early enthusiasm for the French Revolution to his later entrenchment during the Napoleonic era. Impressive in its breadth of research as well as for its devotion to interdisciplinary work in music history, Beethoven after Napoleon challenges accepted views by illustrating the influence of German Romantic political thought in the formation of the artist's mature style."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: A kingdom not of this world; title: The heroic sublime; title: Promethean history; title: 1809; title: Contrapunctus I: prelude and fugue; title: Contrapunctus II: double fugue; title: Androgynous utopias; title: Vox populi, vox dei; title: A modernist epilogue.