Beethoven: Violin Concerto

by Robin Stowell

Book Overview

Beethoven's Violin Concerto was the only significant work of this genre to appear between Mozart's five concertos of 1775 and Mendelssohn's E minor Concerto of 1844. This handbook explores the background to Beethoven's work, its genesis, its place in the composer's oeuvre and the influences which combined in its creation. It describes contemporary reactions to the work both in the musical press and in the concert hall during its first crucial years,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521457750
• ISBN13: 9780521457750
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"