The Key to Beethoven

Building on the remarkable correlation between key and tonal affect found in Beethoven's vocal music, this book establishes an understanding of the way in which he uses tonality affectively. Following an Introduction that outlines a justification for revisiting the concept of meaning in Beethoven's music, Chapter One assembles the historical case for Beethoven's knowledge of key characteristics, examining materials with which he was familiar, his own views, and various items of anecdotal evidenc