Beethoven; his life & music. (2 CDs included).9781402207518 Beethoven; his life & music. (2 CDs included) Siepmann, Jeremy. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2006 208 pages $29.95 Hardcover ML410 For general readers with no formal training, Siepmann, a music writer, teacher, and musician, describes the life and music of Beethoven, with quotes by him and his contemporaries woven into the text. Music is surveyed by genre in interludes between biographical chapters, including discussion of the "immortal beloved Immortal Beloved is the name given by Beethoven the woman whom he was greatly in love with. Immortal Beloved's identify remains unknown, however, Antonie Brentano is considered the most likely candidate. " identity and the composer's deafness, and noted in boldface when they correspond to the accompanying CDs. These contain excerpts from Beethoven's piano concertos, the Piano Trio A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music. in C Minor, symphonies, piano sonatas, Fidelio, the "Razumovsky" String Quartet string quartet Ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello, or a work written for such an ensemble. Since c. 1775 such works have been perhaps the predominant genre of chamber music. , the Violin Concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. in D, and the Mass in D. Annotations of the tracks are provided. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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