Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: A Portrayal of Its Musical Content, with Running Commentary on Performance and Literature as Well

352 Pages·1992·69.78 MB·English

by  Heinrich Schenker

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
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A Portrayal of Its Musical Content,
with Running Commentary on Performance
and Literature As Well
Heinrich Schenker
Translated and edited by John Rothgeb
Yale University Press
New Haven and London
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Schenker, Heinrich, 1868-1935.
Copyright© 1992 by Yale University.
[Beethovens neunte Sinfonie.
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Beethoven's ninth symphony :
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Printed in the United States of i. Beethoven, Ludwig van,
America by Edwards Brothers, Inc., i no-1827. Symphonies, no. 9,
Ann Arbor, Michigan. op. i 25, D minor. I. Rothgeb,
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To the memory
of the last master of German composition
JOHANNES BRAHMS
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Contents
Translator's Preface XI
Preface 3
First Movement 29
Formal Plan 30
First Part 31
First Theme 31
Introduction 31
Antecedent Section 34
Consequent Section 37
Modulation 39
PERFORMANCE 40
LITERATURE 45
Second Theme 53
Part a 53
Partb 54
Part c 54
PERFORMANCE 61
LITERATURE 65
Third (Closing) Theme 73
Bo
PERFORMANCE
LITERATURE 83
Second Part (Development) 89
Transition 90
First Subdivision 91
Second Subdivision 93
Third Subdivision 93
Fourth Subdivision 97
PERFORMANCE 97
LITERATURE 100
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viii I Table of Contents
Third Part 105
Recapitulation i 05
PERFORMANCE 115
LITERATURE 115
Coda 120
PERFORMANCE 129
LITERATURE 132
Second Movement 137
Formal Plan 38
i
Main Division
139
First Part of the Main Division
139
First Theme
139
Antecedent Section
139
Consequent Section 140
Modulation 141
Second Theme 141
Third (Closing) Theme
145
Returning Modulation 146
PERFORMANCE 147
LITERATURE 150
Second Part (Development) 160
Continuation of the Modulation 160
First Bar-Group 161
Second Bar-Group 161
Third Bar-Group 161
Fourth Bar-Group 161
Fifth Bar-Group 161
Sixth Bar-Group 161
PERFORMANCE 165
LITERATURE 166
Third Part 167
Recapitulation 167
Transition to the Repeat of the Development i69
Coda i69
PERFORMANCE 170
LITERATURE 171
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Table of Contents I ix
Trio 177
178
178
a2 178
Coda 179
PERFORMANCE 181
LITERATURE 181
Third Movement 183
Formal Plan 184
Introduction 185
Theme 185
Intermediate Theme 196
First Variation 196
Repetition of the Intermediate Theme 198
Free Transition to the Second Variation 199
Second Variation 202
Coda 203
PERFORMANCE 210
LITERATURE 214
Fourth Movement 223
Formal Plan 224
General Considerations 225
First Division 227
Part I 227
Recitative 227
Theme 235
First Variation 236
Second Variation 236
Third Variation 237
Coda 237
Modulation 238
Part II
Recitative
First ( = Fourth) Variation
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x I Table of Contents
Second ( = Fifth) Variation 251
Third ( = Sixth) Variation 251
Transition 252
Fourth ( = Seventh) Variation 252
Retransition 255
Fifth ( = Eighth) Variation 261
PERFORMANCE 261
LITERATURE 268
Second Division 285
First Bar-Group 286
Second Bar-Group 288
Third Bar-Group 290
PERFORMANCE 293
LITERATURE 294
Third Division 294
Double Fugue 295
Recitative and Transition 300
PERFORMANCE 3o3
LITERATURE 3°5
Fourth Division 309
First Bar-Group 309
Second Bar-Group 310
Third Bar-Group
314
PERFORMANCE 314
LITERATURE 315
Fifth Division
319
First Bar-Group 320
Second Bar-Group 321
Third Bar-Group
323
PERFORMANCE 325
LITERATURE 326
Appendix: Works by Heinrich Schenker
331
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