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Film, Video What the Autograph Can Tell Us: Beethoven's Sonata in E Major, Opus 109

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Title

  • What the Autograph Can Tell Us: Beethoven's Sonata in E Major, Opus 109

Summary

  • One of the treasures of the Library's collection of composers' autographs is the manuscript of Ludwig van Beethoven's late E major piano sonata. William Meredith presents a fascinating event with a distinguished collaborator, Malcolm Bilson, as partner. The talk and performance focuses on elements of the creative process visible in Beethoven's manuscript score, and some interesting details it can reveal about what Beethoven does not want the composer to do.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-09-10.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  William Meredith, Malcolm Bilson, Shin Hwang.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-09-10.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688728

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. What the Autograph Can Tell Us: Beethoven's Sonata in E Major, Opus 109. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-10, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688728/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2011) What the Autograph Can Tell Us: Beethoven's Sonata in E Major, Opus 109. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-10. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688728/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. What the Autograph Can Tell Us: Beethoven's Sonata in E Major, Opus 109. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-10, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688728/>.