Beethoven in America

Informationen zum Autor Michael Broyles Klappentext In the end, he shows that to examine Beethoven on American soil is to examine America itself. Zusammenfassung Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Arrival and Sacralization 1. Arrival in America 2. Defining Beethoven 3. Deification and Spiritualization Part 2. Science, Scholars, and Critics 4. Beethoven, Modernism, and Science 5. "The Warm Tropical Summer of Sketch Research": Beethoven and the Cold War 6. Reactions to Modernism: Musical Meaning and the Classical Canon Part 3. Beethoven and the Dramatic Arts 7. Beethoven on the Silver Screen 8. Beethoven's Music in Film 9. Beethoven in the Theater Part 4. Beyond Classicism: Beethoven in American Society and Culture 10. "Beethoven Was Black": Why Does It Matter? 11. Beethoven in Popular Music 12. Beethoven Everywhere Notes Bibliography Index

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Michael Broyles

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In the end, he shows that to examine Beethoven on American soil is to examine America itself.

Résumé
Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Arrival and Sacralization

1. Arrival in America
2. Defining Beethoven
3. Deification and Spiritualization
   Part 2. Science, Scholars, and Critics
4. Beethoven, Modernism, and Science
5. "The Warm Tropical Summer of Sketch Research": Beethoven and the Cold War
6. Reactions to Modernism: Musical Meaning and the Classical Canon
   Part 3. Beethoven and the Dramatic Arts
7. Beethoven on the Silver Screen
8. Beethoven's Music in Film
9. Beethoven in the Theater
   Part 4. Beyond Classicism: Beethoven in American Society and Culture
10. "Beethoven Was Black": Why Does It Matter?
11. Beethoven in Popular Music
12. Beethoven Everywhere
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index