Ludwig van Beethoven / by Harvey Grace.
| Author/creator | Grace, Harvey |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York, and London : Harper & brothers, 1927. |
| Description | xiv, 313 pages : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations (music) ; 19 1/2 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Masters of music, edited by Sir Lendon Ronald |
| Contents | Part I. Chapter I. Birth ; Parentage ; Early studies ; The prodigy ; A sequence of teachers ; The young organist ; A visit to Holland -- Chapter II. Neefe, friend and teacher ; An early reference to Beethoven in the press ; Beethoven as deputy-kappellmeister ; First publications ; Appointment and assistant court organist ; Word portrait of Beethoven as a boy ; Operatic experiences -- Chapter III. Visit to Vienna ; Lessons from Mozart ; Recalled to mother's death-bed ; A terrible family bill of health ; The von Breunings ; Count von Waldstein ; Beethoven's father loses his post -- Chapter IV. Beethoven as head of the household ; Congenial work in the theatre orchestra ; Meets Haydn in Bonn ; An estimate of Beethoven as pianist ; Haydn again visits Bonn and encourages Beethoven ; Beethoven a busy but reluctant teacher ; An extempore duet ; The first of love affairs ; Ardent but transient ; Departure for Vienna -- Chapter V. Early struggles in Vienna ; Death of Johanna Beethoven ; Dawning prosperity ; Pupil of Haydn ; A pianistic duel ; Lessons from Schenk ; And Albrechtsberger ; A difficult pupil -- Chapter VI. Progress in composition ; Guest of the Lichnowskys ; Oppressive hospitality ; First Viennese appearance as soloist ; Aristocratic musicmaker ; Van Swieten and the "48" ; The B flat concerto ; The trios op. 1 ; Profitable publication ; First pianoforte sonatas -- Chapter VII. Successful tours ; A Himmel episode ; Warnings of deafness ; The "Eroica" suggested ; Production of first symphony ; Contests with Steibelt -- Chapter VIII. The op. 18 quartets ; Influence of Forster ; Deafness increases ; Despair and resolution ; Countess Guicciardi and the "Moonlight" sonata fiction ; Beethoven's playing of Bach ; A subscription for Bach's daughter ; Sixteen subscribers! ; Prometheus ballet music -- Chapter IX. Letter to "The immortal beloved" ; The Heiligenstadt "Will" ; A long concert ; A "Terrible rehearsal" ; Thomson of Edinburgh ; First performance of the "Eroica" ; "Can't the damned hornist count?" ; French occupation of Vienna ; "Fidelio" produced ; The four overtures -- Chapter X. Operatic projects ; Fourth symphony, etc. produced ; The op. 59 quartets unfavourably received ; First performance of fifth and sixth symphonies ; Choral fantasia ; Beethoven offered post of Kappellmeister at Cassel ; Subsidy induces him to remain in Vienna ; The "Adieu" sonata ; Bombardment of Vienna -- Chapter XI. Death of Haydn ; A barren period ; More love affairs ; "Help me to hunt a wife" ; Domestic worries ; "Comical" episode in a restaurant ; Personal habits -- Chapter XII. Folksong arrangements for Thomson ; The "Emperor" concerto produced ; Two good hagglers ; Goethe on Beethoven ; Beethoven on Goethe -- Chapter XIII. Dispute with Brother Johann ; The eighth symphony ; Maelzel and the allegretto ; Maelzel's "Panharmonicon" ; First performance of the seventh and "Wellington" symphonies ; Dispute with Maelzel ; Spohr on Beethoven's playing ; End of career as pianist -- Chapter XIV. "The mount of olives" produced in England ; A letter to Thomson ; Death of brother Carl ; Disputed guardianship of nephew Carl ; Shabby treatment of royal philharmonic society ; Beethoven's "Poverty" ; The "Hammerklavier" sonata finished ; The Mass in D started and ninth symphony sketched ; A present from Broadwood ; An offer from the philharmonic society -- Chapter XV. More litigation with Carl's widow ; A glimpse of Beethoven composing ; An English admirer, Gardiner of Nottingham ; Transactions concerning the mass in D ; Krehbiel on Beethoven's character ; Some excuses -- Chapter XVI. Appointment of Johann as business agent ; "Landowner" and "Brainowner" ; Beethoven and Rossini ; The genesis of the last quartets ; The mass: more negotiations ; The real Beethoven tragedy -- Chapter XVII. The philharmonic society ; The Diabelli variations and last two pianoforte sonatas published ; First performance of ninth symphony ; An enthusiastic reception, but small profits ; Beethoven's generosity to the "Queen of the Night" -- Chapter XVIII. Beethoven and England ; A talk with Stumpff ; Negotiations with philharmonic society ; Schindler superseded by Holz ; Beginning of the end ; Visit from sir George Smart ; An old friendship renewed ; Financial dispute with Prince Glaitzin -- Chapter XIX. Carl attempts suicide ; Beethoven goes to Johann's home ; The last quartet ; Projected works ; Return to Vienna ; Illness develops ; Delight in the Handel volumes ; Help from the philharmonic society ; The bank shares -- Chapter XIX. Sick-room visitors ; "Plaudite, amici, comaedia finite est!" ; The viaticum ; Death and burial -- Part II. Beethoven's personality -- Part III. Beethoven the composer. |
| Abstract | The volume covers an overview of Beethoven's life, followed by his personality and an assessment of his works in an exploration of the most important characteristics of Beethoven's works and their influence on his successors. |
| General note | "List of works": pages 291-304. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 27018706 |
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