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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Op. 111"”.
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Through the Lens of Freemasonry: The Influence of Ancient Esoteric Thought on Beethoven's Late Works
… of Freemasonry and other types of ancient philosophical and esoteric thought. The composer integrated these concepts into his world view as well as his music. Evidence of this philosophical/musical synthesis can be seen by comparing his personal writings with certain of his compositions that …
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Hearing the Sublime: Signification of the Sublime in Solo Piano Literature of the Nineteenth Century
Though many philosophers and music theorists have admitted the signification of the sublime in music as a possibility, the nature and mechanism of that signification has not yet been treated at length with a methodology familiar to musicians or native to music theory. Within this dissertation I …
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Johannes Brahms & Richard Mühlfeld: Sonata in F Minor for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120 No. 1
… his String Quintet in G Major ("Prater"), Op. 111. However, his mind was quickly changed after being inspired by the performances of Meiningen clarinetist Richard Miihlfeld (1859-1907). Brahms enjoyed Miihlfeld's interpretation of the Weber's clarinet works, especially the Quintet, and was …
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Through the lens of freemasonry: the influence of ancient esoteric thought on Beethoven's late works
… deafness, but with a dramatic shift in the development of social attitudes toward art and the artist. Such portentous social changes cannot be accounted for through the force of Beethoven’s personality, or the changing role of the Viennese nobility. Many social forces were at work in the late …
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"What is ""Normal?"" A Beethovenian Reconsideration of Some of Tovey's Aesthetic Principles"
… to Beethoven’s C-sharp–minor string quartet, Op. 131. In my thesis, I first demonstrate how Tovey’s ideas have informed and continue to influence scholarship on that work. I then probe the extent to which his principles can be applied to some of Beethoven’s other structurally abnormal …