“[Beethoven's] music never grows old—and, enjoyed alongside Mr. Lockwood's expert
commentary, it sparkles with fresh magic.”—Wall Street Journal More than any other …

Beethoven's treatments of the Russian folksongs in the “Razumovsky” String Quartets, Op.
59, nos. 1 and 2, have long elicited sharp criticism. A closer look at these treatments allows …

Between early 1806 and early 1807, Ludwig van Beethoven completed a remarkable series
of instrumental works. But critics have struggled to reconcile the music of this banner year …

The experience of modern instrumental/orchestral transcriptions and improvisations on
themes/works by Beethoven is an excellent example of a virtual creative dialogue between …

Amidst ambivalent attitudes held toward the guitar, Italian-born guitar virtuoso Mauro
Giuliani (1781-1829) composed and performed in Vienna from 1806 to1819. Giuliani's time …

Scotland had a noticeable and lasting impact on German romanticism. By tracing a
preromantic interest in Scotland through to the Scottish-inspired works of Schubert …

Du côté de l'Empire britannique, l'enjeu est plus subtil puisqu'il n'est pas question d'exciter
les nationalismes irlandais, écossais ou gallois–d'autant que les plaies du second …

Ob es überhaupt zu einer Zusammenarbeit zwischen Ludwig van Beethoven in Wien und
dem schottischen Melodiensammler George Thomson in Edinburgh kommen würde, war bei …

Parallel to the main trend of his compositional work, in spaceyears 1809-1820, Beethoven
composed a total of 179 folk songs for voices and piano trio. Especially in the years 1815 …

This dissertation proposes a Schenkerian perspective of JS Bach's modal compositional
practice in his chorale preludes for solo organ. It develops two major themes: first, a viable …