Chronology, Sources, Style
Cooper, Barry
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Hardback
282 pages
Music Examples, Tables, Bibliography
Published: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198162839
The story of Beethoven's numerous settings of folksongs is told here in detail. The book rectifies many widely circulated myths about how, when and why the settings were composed. It also demonstrates the quality and originality of this repertoire, and i