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Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Oxford Keynotes

By (author) Alexander Rehding
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, United States
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Published: 16th Nov 2017
Dimensions: w 148mm h 212mm d 15mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN-10: 019029969X
ISBN-13: 9780190299699
Barcode No: 9780190299699
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Synopsis
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has held musical audiences captive for close to two centuries. Few other musical works hold such a prominent place in the collective imagination; each generation rediscovers the work for itself and makes it its own. Honing in on the significance of the symphony in contemporary culture, this book establishes a dialog between Beethoven's world and ours, marked by the earthshattering events of 1789 and of 1989. In particular, this book outlines what is special about the Ninth in millennial culture. In the present day, music is encoded not only as score but also as digital technology. We encounter Beethoven 9 flashmobs, digitally reconstructed concert halls, globally synchonized performances, and other time-bending procedures. The digital artwork 9 Beet Stretch even presents the Ninth at glacial speed over twenty-four hours, challenges our understanding of the symphony, and encourages us to confront the temporal dimension of Beethoven's music. In the digital age, the Ninth emerges as a musical work that is recomposed and reshaped-and that is robust enough to live up to such treatment-continually adapting to a changing world with changing media.

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"Beethoven meets media theory in Alexander Rehding's wonderful and expansive account of Symphony No. 9. Taking the symphony's monumental challenges into the 21st century, Rehding offers a novel interpretation based on its recent performance and adaptation history, troubling our most fundamental understandings of music, communication and time in the process. A delightful and surprising read."-Jonathan Sterne, McGill University, author of MP3: The Meaning of
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