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On the Performance of Beethoven's Symphonies and Other Essays Dover Books on Music
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Author: Felix Weingartner
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 2004-10-26
Publisher: Dover Publications
Label: Dover Publications
Number Of Pages: 320
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Three works by conductor Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) feature the title essay, which discusses the performing difficulties and interpretation questions involved in Beethoven's 9 symphonies. Also includes "On Conducting" and "The Symphony Since Beethoven," both attesting to the belief that art is at its best when an "exceedingly delicate balance is attained between the feeling and the intellect."
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Probably very good book but not a "general" read. 
2007-03-26
This book is for a specialized reading group (professional musicians, advanced degree students, etc., but not for the general reader.
5 Stars are not Enough! 
2005-09-06
This is a truly exciting book, and my hat is off to Dover for reprinting it. All the lucidity and committment that one hears in Weingartner's recorded performances is here translated into words that bring forth not only insights into his musical mind, but into the works which he discusses. Weingartner was one of the very few musicians who reveled in profundity and had little use for empty virtuosity (Schnabel, Furtwaengler and Landowska were some of the others). I think though, that some who are well acquainted with his recordings will find a few instances in which he disregards his own advice and follows a much freer interpretive course than what he prescribes. But then again, the greater the artist, the less he can fully pinpoint all of his gifts on page; rather, they are lived in performance.
