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245 10 a| Beethoven's symphonies and J.S. Dwight :b| the birth of American music criticism /c| Ora Frishberg Saloman.;

300 a| xi, 241 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and index.;

505 0 a| Part One. Approaches to Beethoven's Symphonies, 1835-1842: 1. New perspectives on Dwight's transcendentalism and posthumous reputation ; 2. Friedrich Schiller, Thomas Carlyle, and Dwight's humanistic conception of Beethoven's music, 1835-1839 ; 3. Dwight's discovery of German music criticism in A.B. Marx's "Beethoven," 1837-1838 ; 4. Dwight and William Gardiner, English Beethoven enthusiast, 1835-1838 ; 5. A German musician and editor in Boston: H. Theodor Hach as guide, 1839-1842 -- Part Two. Responses to Beethoven's Symphonies in orchestral performance, 1843-1846: 6. E.T.A. Hoffmann, Gottfried W. Fink, Hach, and Dwight's theory of criticism applied to the symphonic genre, 1843-1844 ; 7. Frédéric Kalkbrenner's Beethoven transcriptions, 1842-1845; Symphonies versus chamber music, 1844-1845 ; 8. Fourierist aspects of Dwight's major essays, 1844-1845 ; 9. Dwight in New York: Beethoven in the lecture plan, 1845-1846; the first American performance of the Ninth Symphony, 1846 ; 10. Conclusion: Dwight's symphonic Beethoven standard, 1846.;

520 a| When John Sullivan Dwight (1813-1893) founded the influential Dwight's Journal of Music in 1852, his reputation as the first major American critic of art music was firmly established. Yet the importance of Dwight's early career, especially his key role in introducing Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies to a musically unsophisticated American public, has been largely obscured by the musical and social conservatism of his later writings. This copiously documented work focuses on Dwight's formative years, exploring his progressive championship of Beethoven's symphonies in America and examining his development of a higher music criticism. The author carefully analyzes a full range of Dwight's published and unpublished writings from 1835 to 1846 to investigate thoroughly the connection between Dwight's early interpretive commentary about Beethoven's music and his expanding knowledge of various European musical, literary, and critical sources, including Friedrich Schiller, Thomas Carlyle, A. B. Marx, William Gardiner, H. Theodor Hach, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Charles Fourier.;

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Beethoven's symphonies and J.S. Dwight : the birth of American music criticism / Ora Frishberg Saloman.

Author/creator	Saloman, Ora Frishberg, 1938-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©1995.
Description	xi, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Appreciation. --United States. Musical criticism--United States.

Contents	Part One. Approaches to Beethoven's Symphonies, 1835-1842: 1. New perspectives on Dwight's transcendentalism and posthumous reputation ; 2. Friedrich Schiller, Thomas Carlyle, and Dwight's humanistic conception of Beethoven's music, 1835-1839 ; 3. Dwight's discovery of German music criticism in A.B. Marx's "Beethoven," 1837-1838 ; 4. Dwight and William Gardiner, English Beethoven enthusiast, 1835-1838 ; 5. A German musician and editor in Boston: H. Theodor Hach as guide, 1839-1842 -- Part Two. Responses to Beethoven's Symphonies in orchestral performance, 1843-1846: 6. E.T.A. Hoffmann, Gottfried W. Fink, Hach, and Dwight's theory of criticism applied to the symphonic genre, 1843-1844 ; 7. Frédéric Kalkbrenner's Beethoven transcriptions, 1842-1845; Symphonies versus chamber music, 1844-1845 ; 8. Fourierist aspects of Dwight's major essays, 1844-1845 ; 9. Dwight in New York: Beethoven in the lecture plan, 1845-1846; the first American performance of the Ninth Symphony, 1846 ; 10. Conclusion: Dwight's symphonic Beethoven standard, 1846.
Abstract	When John Sullivan Dwight (1813-1893) founded the influential Dwight's Journal of Music in 1852, his reputation as the first major American critic of art music was firmly established. Yet the importance of Dwight's early career, especially his key role in introducing Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies to a musically unsophisticated American public, has been largely obscured by the musical and social conservatism of his later writings. This copiously documented work focuses on Dwight's formative years, exploring his progressive championship of Beethoven's symphonies in America and examining his development of a higher music criticism. The author carefully analyzes a full range of Dwight's published and unpublished writings from 1835 to 1846 to investigate thoroughly the connection between Dwight's early interpretive commentary about Beethoven's music and his expanding knowledge of various European musical, literary, and critical sources, including Friedrich Schiller, Thomas Carlyle, A. B. Marx, William Gardiner, H. Theodor Hach, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Charles Fourier.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and index.
LCCN	94034213
ISBN	1555532160

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