{"product_id":"the-creative-world-of-beethoven-9780393006056","title":"The Creative World of Beethoven","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the editor's introduction, devoted to an overall view of Beethoven's significance, there are essays by Joseph Kerman and Boris Schwarz concerning the composer's sketches. Alan Tyson discusses the oratorio \u003cem\u003eChristus am Oelberge\u003c\/em\u003e; Philip Downes, the \u003cem\u003eEroica Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e; F. E. Kirby, the \u003cem\u003ePastoral Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e; Warren Kirkendale, the \u003cem\u003eMissa Solemnis\u003c\/em\u003e; and Myron Schwager, and arrangement of the Septet. Lewis Lockwood explores the question of the unfinished piano concerto of 1815; Alfred Mann takes up Beethoven's counterpoint studies with Haydn, and Alexander Ringer discusses Beethoven and the London Pianoforte School. Other topics include \"Beethoven and Romantic Irony,\" by Rey M. Longyear; \"Beethoven's Birth Year,\" by Maynard Solomon; \"On Beethoven's Thematic Structure,\" by Dénes Bartha; and Edward T. Cone examines a striking instance of Beethoven's influence on Schubert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLang, Paul Henry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The late \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Henry Lang\u003c\/strong\u003e ranks among the century's most eminent musicologists. A longtime faculty member at Columbia University, he also served as editor of the \u003cem\u003eMusical Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e and as music critic for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872597020946,"sku":"9780393006056","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68cf0445-7818-49ef-93ab-28a7d0cf2a29.jpg?v=1737902491","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-creative-world-of-beethoven-9780393006056","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}