Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies. [Preface -- List of symphonies -- Symphony No. 1 -- Advertisement -- Symphony No. 2 -- Beethoven's "testament" -- Symphony No. 3. No. 4 -- The love-letters -- Beethoven at Gneixendorf -- Symphony No. 5. No. 6 -- No. 7 -- No. 8 -- No. 9 -- Schiller's ode "an die freude."]

New York : Dover Publications, Inc.,1962, 1898, 1962. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 3rd Edition. Third edition.; 407 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm. ; Dover books ;; T334; ; ISBN: 0486203344; 9780486203348 LCCN: 63-234 ; LC: MT130.B43; Dewey: 785.11 ; OCLC: 705665 ; "Thorough history, analysis, commentary on symphonies and some revealed pieces. Includes 436 musical passages." ; This classic of music analysis by a noted musicologist offers revealing insights into Beethoven's personality and music. George Grove, the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, interweaves fascinating background information on the composer's historical era with quotations, letters, and anecdotes. He examines the nine symphonies in chronological order, movement by movement, illustrating his points with numerous excerpts - more than 400 in all. In addition to emphasizing the uniqueness of Beethoven's music and its iconoclastic renunciation of established musical theory, Grove comments at length on the relation of the symphonies to the minor works, events in the composer's personal life, the conditions under which he worked, and other fascinating details. Examples of Beethoven's correspondence include several letters to the Countess Theresa and the famous letter to his brothers Carl and Johann." ; Contents: Preface -- List of symphonies -- Symphony No. 1 -- Advertisement -- Symphony No. 2 -- Beethoven's "testament" -- Symphony No. 3. No. 4 -- The love-letters -- Beethoven at Gneixendorf -- Symphony No. 5. No. 6 -- No. 7 -- No. 8 -- No. 9 -- Schiller's ode "an die freude." ; clean copy ; FINE.