No classical composer put more drama or originality into his opening ideas than Beethoven, so this first special study of these musical beginnings is particularly welcome.
LEWIS LOCKWOOD This book discusses the myriad ways in which Beethoven begins his works and the structural, rhetorical, and emotional implications of these beginnings for listeners.
Examining the opening moments of nearly 200 compositions, it offers a new method of analysis of Beethoven's music.
At the same time,.
Boydell Press From silence to sound: beethoven's beginnings, hardcover/jeremy yudkin
