Publisher's Synopsis
The subjects of the monographs in this series are selected works of Beethoven relating to their creation origins and reception history.
They incorporate contextual accounts of Beethoven and his contemporaries and estimations of his music as expressed by musicians and musicologist in the nineteenth century and those closer to our own time. The individual titles in the series are as follows:
Volume One: Beethoven: An Anthology of Selected Writings
Volume Two: Piano Sonatas: An Anthology of Selected Writings
Volume Three: Piano Sonatas: Op. 2-Op.28
Volume Four. Piano Sonatas: Op. 31-Op.81A
Volume Five: Piano Sonatas: Op. 90-Op.111
Volume Six: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos. 1 6
Volume Seven: String Quartets Op. 59, Nos. 1-3, (Razumovsky),
String Quartet Op. 74, (The Harp),
String Quartet Op. 95, (Quartetto serioso)
Volume Eight: String Quartets Op. 127, Op. 132 and Op. 130 (Galitzin)
Volume Nine: String Quartet Op. 131 and String Quartet Op.135, Grosse Fuge, Op. 133, and Op. 134, Fugue transcription
The following additional titles are in course of preparation:
The Piano Concertos
The Symphonies: An Anthology of Selected Writings
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Symphy No. 3 in E-Flat Major Op. 55 (Eroica)
