On the Performance of Beethoven's Symphonies and Other EssaysThree works by conductor Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) feature the title essay, which discusses the performing difficulties and interpretation questions involved in Beethoven's 9 symphonies. Also includes On Conducting and The Symphony Since Beethoven, both attesting to the belief that art is at its best when an exceedingly delicate balance is attained between the feeling and the intellect. |
Contents
ON CONDUCTING | 1 |
ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BEETHOVENS SYMPHONIES | 57 |
THE SYMPHONY SINCE BEETHOVEN | 235 |
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On the Performance of Beethoven's Symphonies and Other Essays Felix Weingartner Limited preview - 2013 |
On the Performance of Beethoven's Symphonies and Other Essays Felix Weingartner No preview available - 2012 |
Common terms and phrases
Adagio allegro andante artistic B-flat bass bassoon bassos beautiful Beethoven beginning Berlioz Brahms breath Bruckner Bülow character chords chorus clarinet composer conducting conductor contrabassos crescendo crotchet diminuendo effect entry espr execution expression feeling FELIX WEINGARTNER fermata flute following bars fourth edition give gradation horn takes horns and trumpets instruments introduced justified kettledrums last bar last movement Liszt lower F's masters means Meiningen melody metronome mark mf mf molto Movement Bar Mozart musician nature Ninth Symphony notation notes oboe octave opera orchestra Overture pause performance phrase piano piece play doubled players plays the lower prescribed presto program music quaver recommend rehearsal rendering repetition rhythmic ritenuto Scherzo Schubert second bassoon second horn plays second violins semiquaver sf sf similar passage singers solo sound speed string section take the lower tempo third movement unison upbeat violas violins violins and violas violoncellos Wagner Weingartner whole passage winds woodwinds