Beethoven Sketchbook SeriesBeethoven's sketchbooks were his workshop. Capturing the methods he used to craft his ideas into art, they reveal his complex creativity and offer rich material for examining his revision process. Variations in his entries reflect the range of his musical moods and offer clues about the circumstances of composition. His notes and shorthand can illuminate the ways he expanded and refined ideas, clarify biographical or musical mysteries, or call attention to deliberate links among compositions. |
Author: Transcribed, edited, and with a commentary by Patrizia Metzler and Fred StoltzfusPub Date: April 2016 A facsimile edition detailing Beethoven's struggles to complete one of his defining works learn more... |
Author: Transcribed, edited, and with a commentary by Lewis Lockwood and Alan GosmanPub Date: September 2013 A central source of insight into Beethoven's creative mind at a crucial stage of his career learn more... |