Audio recording of Beethoven and His Time, II. Beethoven and the Heroic.
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- Audio recording of Beethoven and His Time, II. Beethoven and the Heroic.
- Description
- Recording of concert entitled Beethoven and His Time, II. Beethoven and the Heroic. Concert begins with Beethoven's 12 Variations on the Theme "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from "The Magic Flute" by Mozart, performed by Selma Gokcen, cello and John O'Brien, piano. Next, ECU history professor Bodo Nischan gives a lecture titled "The Age of Napoleon," and ECU English professor McKay Sundwall reads a stanza of Goethe's poem "Natur und Kunst," followed by a passage from Lord Byron's poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," and describes how poetry and music relate to one another. After an intermission Sundwall reads Beethoven's "Heiligenstadt Testament," and Gokcen and O'Brien perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major. Performed October 8, 1992.
- Date
- October 08, 1992
- Original Format
- musical performances
- Extent
- Local Identifier
- UA28.03.01.02.01.1382
- Creator(s)
- Contributor(s)
- Gokcen, Selma
- O'Brien, John B., 1958-
- East Carolina University. School of Music
- Nischan, Bodo
- Sundwall, McKay, 1940-2021
- Subject(s)
- Poetry
- Music--18th century--History and criticism
- Cello and piano music
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
- Music--19th Century--History and criticism
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- Location of Original
- University Archives
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