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Author: Barry Cooper (Senior Lecturer in Music, Senior Lecturer in Music, Manchester University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.530kg
ISBN: 9780198162834
ISBN 10: 0198162839
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 03 November 1994
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
he is unlikely to have produced so many settings without a genuine interest in them, and we are here invited to reassess them. It is nice to meet with such enthusiasm in an academic writer. * Early Music Review 6, December 1994 * ...the most important source of information on its subject. * Choice * a huge achievement and is a welcome addition to the literature relating to the composer. Barry Cooper's outstanding contribution hails the beginning of a new era of interest and open-mindedness. * Brio, vol. 32, No. 1 * 'valuable work' Early Music Review, December 1994
'valuable work' Early Music Review, December 1994 a huge achievement and is a welcome addition to the literature relating to the composer. Barry Cooper's outstanding contribution hails the beginning of a new era of interest and open-mindedness. Brio, vol. 32, No. 1 ...the most important source of information on its subject. Choice he is unlikely to have produced so many settings without a genuine interest in them, and we are here invited to reassess them. It is nice to meet with such enthusiasm in an academic writer. Early Music Review 6, December 1994
<br> The most important source of information on its subject. --Choice<br> In spite of his prolific output in this area, Beethoven's settings, commissioned by George Thompson of Edinburgh, have been neglected by performers and scholars alike. In this work, based on a wide range of sources, Barry Cooper gives clear dates, fascinating historical data, and tips for solving some of the performance problems associated with these pieces. --Music Educators Journal<br> It is nice to meet with such enthusiasm in an academic writer. --Early Music Review<br>
The most important source of information on its subject. --Choice<br> In spite of his prolific output in this area, Beethoven's settings, commissioned by George Thompson of Edinburgh, have been neglected by performers and scholars alike. In this work, based on a wide range of sources, Barry Cooper gives clear dates, fascinating historical data, and tips for solving some of the performance problems associated with these pieces. --Music Educators Journal<br> It is nice to meet with such enthusiasm in an academic writer. --Early Music Review<br>
