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Ludwig van Beethoven

Chapter 22: Transcriber’s Notes
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The booklet sketches the composer’s early life and training and then offers concise, reader-facing analyses of his major works, concentrating on the symphonies with particular attention to the First Symphony’s structure, its mixture of classical models and emergent nineteenth-century traits, and the rise of the scherzo in place of the minuet. It also surveys the early piano concertos, miscellaneous piano pieces, songs and vocal cycles, chamber works and overtures, and points out recurring formal devices, orchestral effects and expressive contrasts. Brief editorial notes expand coverage of selected concertos and larger chamber and vocal compositions to give a broader view of the creative output.

Under the Direction of Dimitri Mitropoulos
Gould—Philharmonic Waltzes (Zino Francescatti, violin)—LP
Khachaturian—Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Oscar Levant, piano)—LP
Rabaud—La Procession Nocturne (Zino Francescatti, violin)—LP
Saint-Saens—Dance Macabre (Robert, Gaby & Jean Casadesus, pianists)—LP
Saint-Saens—Le Rouet d’Omphale (Zino Francescatti, violin)—LP
Saint-Saens—Violin Concerto, Op. 61 (Zino Francescatti, violin)—LP
Sessions—Symphony No. 2
Under the Direction of Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein—“Age of Anxiety”
Under the Direction of Morton Gould
Gould—“Quick Step”—LP
Under the Direction of Darius Milhaud
Milhaud—Suite Française—LP
Under the Direction of George Szell
Smetana—Bohemia’s Fields and Groves—LP
Smetana—Symphonic Poem, Vltava (The Moldau)—LP

VICTOR RECORDS

Under the Direction of Arturo Toscanini
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7 in A major
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridice—Dance of the Spirits
Haydn—Symphony No. 4 in D major (The Clock)
Mendelssohn—Midsummer Night’s Dream—Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony in D major (K. 385)
Rossini—Barber of Seville—Overture
Rossini—Semiramide—Overture
Rossini—Italians in Algiers—Overture
Verdi—Traviata—Preludes to Acts I and II
Wagner—Excerpts—Lohengrin—Die Götterdämmerung—Siegfried Idyll
Under the Direction of John Barbirolli
Debussy—Iberia (Images, Set 3, No. 2)
Purcell—Suite for Strings with four Horns, two Flutes, English Horn
Respighi—Fountains of Rome
Respighi—Old Dances and Airs (Special recording for members of the Philharmonic-Symphony League of New York)
Schubert—Symphony No. 4 in C minor (Tragic)
Schumann—Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor (with Yehudi Menuhin, violin)
Tschaikowsky—Francesca da Rimini—Fantasia
Under the Direction of Willem Mengelberg
J. C. Bach—Arr. Stein—Sinfonia in B-flat major
J. S. Bach—Arr. Mahler—Air for G String (from Suite for Orchestra)
Beethoven—Egmont Overture
Handel—Alcina Suite
Mendelssohn—War March of the Priests (from Athalia)
Meyerbeer—Prophète—Coronation March
Saint-Saens—Rouet d’Omphale (Omphale’s Spinning Wheel)
Schelling—Victory Ball
Wagner—Flying Dutchman—Overture
Wagner—Siegfried—Forest Murmurs (Waldweben)

Transcriber’s Notes

  • A few palpable typos were silently corrected.
  • Illustrations were shifted to the nearest paragraph break.
  • Copyright notice is from the printed exemplar. (U.S. copyright was not renewed: this ebook is in the public domain.)