Title: Recent Beethoven Publications 2009-2010 (and Related Books 2008-2010)
Abstract: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF BOOKS, SCORES, AND MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILES RECENTLY ACQUIRED BYTHE BEETHOVEN CENTER are intended to aid readers in selecting new publications that appeal to their individual interests. Part I, (or Mosdy) About includes biographies, criticism, and fiction in several languages that will be of interest to both general readers and specialists. Part ?, Other Books for General Reader encompasses books on pianos, musicians, and interdisciplinary and nineteenth-century studies in both English and German. I. All (or Mostly) About Beethoven Biographies Coeyers, Jan, Beethoven, een Biografie [Beethoven, o Biography]. Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2010. O72 pp. ISBN 978-90-234-29067 (hardback): euro45 ($66). In Dutch. www.debezigebij.nl The author of this new Dutch biography is Belgian conductor who founded Beethoven Academie in 1993, small chamber orchestra that disbanded in 2006 after losing funding (and was famously offered for sale on eBay for brief time to call attention to its plight). Caeyers later established an international Beethoven festival in Mechelen, home of Beethoven's grandfather. His biography of Beethoven follows chronological path, dividing Beethoven's life into five long chapters: artist as young man (1770-92); time of fermentation (17921802); ruler (1802-09); mass and power (1809-16); and lonely road (1816-27). Included in volume are several black-and-white illustrations, detailed footnotes and bibliography, and indexes of works and names. Fauconnier, Bernard. Beethoven, folio Biographies. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2010. 284 pp. ISBN 978-2-07-033821-4 ipaperback): euro6.20 ($9). In French, www.gallimard.fr The author of this new French biography is mosdy known as novelist. His first book, L'etre et le geant (1989), recounts an imaginary meeting between Sartre and Charles de Gaulle. In addition to writing novels, he contributes essays to Magazine litteraire. his abbreviated sbiography of Beethoven, Fauconnier organizes each of short chapters around theme from Beethoven's Ufe (e.g. days of war, the Fidelio series, and a mass for humanity) and frequently includes excerpts from Beethoven's letters and other sources. The book also contains few color illustrations, brief chronology, bibliography and discography, and index. Korff, Malte. Ludwig van Beethoven. Suhrkamp BasisBiographie. Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2010. 157 pp. ISBN 978-3-518-18246-8 (paperback): euro8.90 ($13). In German, www.suhrkamp.de This German pocket biography could serve as handy reference book. It divides text equally between life and works and prints captions in margins to point to events and works discussed on that page. Quotations from source materials are offset and highlighted throughout book. Additional brief chapters include an overview of Beethoven reception from his time to present (including succinct summary of controversial uses of Ninth Symphony), and Beethoven in film, fiction, and recordings. The book is also enhanced with numerous blackand-white illustrations of portraits and documents. Includes chronology, bibliography, and indexes. Tubeuf, Andre. Ludwig van Beethoven. Classica. Arles: Actes Sud, 2009. 219 pp. ISBN 978-2-7427-809a7 (paperback): euro22.50 ($29). In French, www.actes-sud.fr Tubeuf is well known French critic who has written several books on music including volumes on Mozart and Richard Strauss for Classica series) and is frequent contributor to Opera international, L'Avant-Scene Opera, Harmonie, Diapason, and ocher journals. This long philosophical essay on Beethoven's life and works received mixed reviews in press but was awarded prize from Academie Francaise in 2009. Includes indexes of names and work. Friends and Associates Kopitz, Klaus Martin, Beethoven, Elisabeth Rockel und das Alhumblatt Fur Elise [Beethoven, Elisabeth Rockel and Album Leaf For Elise]. …
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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