Perfect in their fusion of emotion and form, filled with drama and great beauty, they are among the best-known and best-loved works in all classical music. This volume contains complete scores for Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68; Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92. Meticulously reproduced from the authoritative Litolff edition, each score features large, clear noteheads and wide margins for ease of use in studying and following the music. Far less expensive than comparable full-score editions, this volume belongs in the library of any music lover who wishes to study the masterly innovation and creativity Beethoven brought to the symphonic form.

    In addition to the text, there are numerous photos & drawings throughout the book. Contents: (main headings only) ? The castrati ? Angelica Catalani ? A digression on travel, the Industrial Revolution & related matters ? Giuditta Pasta, Maria Malibran, Henrietta Sontag, & Guilia Grisi (Bel Canto) ? Giovanni-Battista Rubini, Mario, & Luigi Lablache ? A digression on money ? Nicolo Paganini ? Franz Liszt ? Jenny Lind ? Joseph Joachim ? Anton Rubinstein ? Adelina Patti ? Jean & Edouard de Reszke ? Ignaz Paderewski ? Pablo de Sarasate, Eugene Tsaye, Jan Kubelik, & Fritz Kreisler ? Nelli Melba ? Enrico Caruso ? A digression on tenors ? Josef Hofmann ? Sergei Rachmaninoff ? John McCormack ? Feodor Chaliapin ? Arturo Toscanini ? Jascha Heifetz ? Kirsten Flagstad & Lauritz Melchoir ? Arthur Rubinstein ? Vladimir Horowitz ? Maria Callas ? A digression on health & ills ? Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, & Georg Solti ? Luciano Pavarotti & Placido Domingo ? Bibliography ? Index

    They offer musicians and music lovers the opportunity to study the genius of Beethoven in compositions written as preludes to other works, which nevertheless stand on their own as masterpieces. The overtures included in this volume are Overture to Coriolanus, Op. 62; Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138; Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72; Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72; Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72; and Overture to Egmont, Op. 84.Reproduced directly from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, this inexpensive treasury of scores features large, clear noteheads, wide margins for notes, analyses, etc., and a sturdy, flexible binding. Now you can savor the inventive power, mastery of form, and intensity of feeling that characterized all of Beethoven's music — distilled into the concise and exacting format of the overture. Best of all, you can enjoy all six overtures in one convenient, accurate edition — at a remarkably low price.

    Through lucid analysis of six operas and two song cycles, Paul Robinson shows how operas give musical and dramatic expression to ideas about the self, society, and history.