Beethoven's Folksong Settings

Chronology, Sources, Style

By: Barry Cooper

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Hardcover | 3 November 1994

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Beethoven composed far more folksong settings than any other type of composition. Most are British songs, including Auld Lang Syne and the The Miller of Dee, with text by such authors as Burns, Byron and Scott. Yet Beethoven's settings, commissioned by George Thomson of Edinburgh, have been neglected by performers and scholars alike, and nearly all accounts of them are both superficial and startlingly inaccurate. This book is based on a very elablorate study of a wide range of sources, and dispels the many myths that have been circulating about this music. Every one of the 179 settings is dated to within a few weeks and an account is given of the souces of the melodies and texts, the difficulties of sending the music across Europe during the Napoleonic Wars (smugglers were even called upon to assist!), the fees Beethoven received, and when and how the texts were added. By comparing Beethoven's settings with those of his predecessors Pleyel, Haydhn and Kozeluch, the author demonstrates that Beethoven comprehensively transcended the bounds of convention, producing settings of extra-ordinary quality and originality. Suggestions are also made for overcoming the problems of presenting these songs in performance.

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'valuable work' Early Music Review, December 1994 `a huge achievement and is a welcome addition to the literature relating to the composer. Barry Cooper's outstanding contribution hails the beginning of a new era of interest and open-mindedness.' Brio, vol. 32, No. 1 `...the most important source of information on its subject.' Choice `he is unlikely to have produced so many settings without a genuine interest in them, and we are here invited to reassess them. It is nice to meet with such enthusiasm in an academic writer.' Early Music Review 6, December 1994

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List of Tables
Abbreviations
Note on the Musical Examples
Introduction	p. 1
Enumerating the Settings	p. 5
Compositional Chronology	p. 11
Groups I-II (1809-10)	p. 11
Groups III-V (1811-13)	p. 14
Groups VI-VII (1814-15)	p. 22
Groups VIII-XII (1816-17)	p. 25
Groups XIII-XVIII (1818-20)	p. 29
Chronological Relationship to Other Output	p. 35
Publication History	p. 39
Thomson's Editions	p. 39
Unknown Flute Parts	p. 43
Early Attempts at Continental Editions	p. 47
The Schlesinger Edition of Op. 108	p. 51
Origin of the Melodies	p. 58
Nationality	p. 58
Thomson's Sources	p. 64
Origin and Incorporation of the Poetic Texts	p. 69
The Authors and their Contributions	p. 69
Early Settings (Groups I-V)	p. 73
Later Settings	p. 77
Relationship between the Poems and Beethoven's Settings	p. 85
Economics and Logistics	p. 93
Beethoven's Earnings	p. 93
Communications	p. 101
Transmission of Melodies	p. 103
Aspects of performance: Ad libitum Parts and Sequence of Songs	p. 108
Optional Use of Strings	p. 108
Sequence of Songs	p. 111
The Accompaniments: General Approach and Treatment of Voices	p. 119
Beethoven and his Immediate Predecessors	p. 119
Simplicity	p. 126
The Vocal Line	p. 129
Lower Voices	p. 135
The Accompaniments: Instrumental Parts	p. 143
The Role of the Right Hand	p. 143
The Role of the String Parts	p. 145
Harmonic Style and Modality	p. 149
Motivic Use	p. 162
The Ritornellos	p. 169
General Strategy of Beethoven's Predecessors	p. 169
Beethoven's Strategy: Motivic Development	p. 171
Continuity and Phrase-Structure	p. 179
Integration of Ritornellos and Accompaniments	p. 186
Integration in O Sanctissima	p. 188
A Reassessment	p. 196
Barriers to Appreciation	p. 196
Thomson's Role	p. 201
Quality and Innovation	p. 203
Stylistic Relationship to Other Output	p. 205
Beethoven's Aims and Achievement	p. 208
App. 1. Chronological List	p. 211
App. 2. Principal Music Manuscripts	p. 221
App. 3. Numerical Index of Opus, WoO, and Hess Numbers	p. 225
App. 4. Alphabetical Index of Titles and First Lines	p. 230
App. 5. Authors of Texts	p. 238
App. 6. Summary of Correspondence	p. 240
App. 7. Unpublished Versions of Two Settings	p. 244
Bibliography	p. 255
Index of Works	p. 259
General Index	p. 265
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