The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
North American Beethoven Studies
With the University of Nebraska Press and the American Beethoven Society, the Center for Beethoven Studies sponsors a series of scholarly monographs, collections of essays, and contemporary sources on Beethoven and his music. The series editor is William Meredith. Proposals for projects should be sent to:
Center for Beethoven Studies
San Jose State University
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San Jose, California 95192-0171
Orders for current volumes should be sent to:
University of Nebraska Press
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PO Box 880484
Lincoln, NE 68588-0484
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Series titles:
| Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 |
| Volume 4 | Volume 5 |
I. Published volumes:
Beethoven's Compositional Process., ed. by William Kinderman. 1991. ISBN 0-8032-1222-4. $45.
A collection of essays by leading scholars on Beethoven's orchestral works, including the following:
Geoffrey Block. "Organic Relations in Beethoven's Early Piano Concerti and the 'Spirit of Mozart.'"
William Caplin. "Structural Expansion in Beethoven's Symphonic Forms."
Barry Cooper. "The Sketches for Beethoven's Egmont Overture: A Reassessment."
William Drabkin. "The Agnus dei of Beethoven's Missa solemnis: The Growth of its Form."
William Drabkin. "Beethoven's Understanding of 'Sonata Form': The Evidence of the Sketchbooks"
William Kinderman. "Beethoven's Compositional Models for the Choral Finale of the Ninth Symphony."
William Kinderman. "Compositional Phases and Analysis."
William Kinderman. "On the Relation of Beethoven's Sketches to Analysis: Problems and General Principles."
Richard Kramer. "The Sketch Itself."
Lewis Lockwood. "The Beethoven Sketchbooks and the General State of Sketch Research."
Lewis Lockwood. "The Compositional Genesis of the Eroica Finale."
William Meredith. "Forming the New from the Old: Beethoven's Use of Variation in the Fifth Symphony."
Letters to Beethoven and Other Correspondence, trans. and ed. by Theodore Albrecht. 1996. 3 v. ISBN 0-8032-1033-7 (v. 1: 1772-1812); 0-8032-1039-6 (v. 2: 1813-1823); 0-8032-1040-X (v. 3: 1824-1828.) $55/volume.
As a companion to the English translations of Beethoven's letters, this
important collection of correspondence to Beethoven enriches our knowledge
of his relationships and activities. It encompasses letters from close friends
and acquaintances, family members, publishers, patrons, and many more. In
addition to 275 letters written to Beethoven, the collection includes sixty-four
letters written by others (notably his brothers and nephew, Ferdinand Ries,
and Anton Schindler) on Beethoven's behalf, and several family and other
documents. These volumes also supplement Emily Anderson's edition of Beethoven
letters by including seventy new letters or letter drafts discovered after
her collection was published in 1961. The documents are arranged chronologically
and the translations are copiously annotated with Albrecht's explanatory
comments. Volume three includes a lengthy bibliography and indexes of incipits,
correspondents, works, and general subjects.
II. Forthcoming volumes:
Wayne Senner, gen. ed. and trans., Robin Wallace, musicological editor and trans., and William Meredith, musicological editor. The Contemporary German Reception of Beethoven. 4 vols. Vol. 1: published Fall 1999. $75; Vol. 2: published Fall 2001. Vol. 3: projected Fall 2003.
The first translation into English of all German-language reviews of Beethoven's music in the periodical literature from the 1790s through 1830.
Bathia Churgin. The Music of Beethoven. Projected Fall 2001
Owen Jander. Beethoven and the Musical Narrative. Projected Fall 2001.
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