The Symphony Since Beethoven

by Felix Weingarten, Maud Barrows Dutton (Translator)

Overview

A sympathetic study of "The Symphony Since Beethoven," by Felix Weingartner, conductor of the Berlin Royal Symphony concerts, and of the Kaim Orchestra, at Munich, has been translated from the second German edition (Ditson) by Maud Barrows Dutton, with the author's permission. Dr. Weingartner regards Beethoven as unapproachable, and has only pity for modern composers who have attempted the symphony since Beethoven's time. It is interesting to note the fact that he himself, after writing this little book, composed two symphonies.

–Review of Reviews and World's Work, Volume 30 [1904]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663512802
Publisher:	Kim Idynne
Publication date:	06/04/2020
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist. Weingartner was early interested in the occult, astrology, and Eastern mysticism, which influenced his personal philosophy and his music to some extent. He was himself a prolific writer who published a poetical drama, Golgotha, in 1908. He wrote copiously on music drama, on conducting, on the symphony since Beethoven, on the symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann as well as on art and esoteric subjects. Two collections of essays were "Musikalische Walpurgisnacht" (1907) and "Akkorde" (1912). He also published an autobiography, "Lebenserinnerungen" in 1923.