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Ann Arbor, MI 48106 A PIANIST'S REFERENCE GUIDE TO BEETHOVEN'S PIANO SONATAS by Shiow-Lih Lillian Shieh A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Musical Arts Greensboro 1992 Approved by ' Dissertation Adviser APPROVAL PAGE This dissertation has been approved by the following committee of the Faculty of the Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dissertation adviser Committee Members T>Lxua~*urt' c9. df/ie f, /ff2- Date of Acceptance by Committee //ay z-2, ///&. Date of fnnal Oral Examination ii ©1992 by Shiow-Lih Lillian Shieh SHIEH, SHIOW-LIH LILLIAN, D.M.A. A Pianist's Reference Guide to Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. (1992) Directed by Dr. George Kiorpes. 122pp. Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas are such cornerstones of piano literature that no serious pianist fails to include at least a few of them in his or her repertory. Their significance is evident in the extended coverage they receive in virtually every historical and theoretical survey. Besides the survey literature, a great number of publications have been devoted to the sonatas. Many of them provide pianists with invaluable information which could prove essential to a better performance of these masterpieces. However, no comprehensive bibliography of publications concerning Beethoven and his music exists at this time; only fragmented and incomplete bibliographies are scattered in numerous sources. The purpose of this document is to compile an annotated bibliography of Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas to serve as a reference guide for pianists. Three types of sources are listed: books, dissertations, and journal articles. The author has elected to limit the document to literature in English published in the second half of the twentieth century. The bibliography contains over 400 citations and is divided into two sections: studies of all sonatas and studies of selected sonatas. In the former, entries concerning all Beethoven's thirty-two sonatas in general are listed, while in the latter, citations pertaining to selected sonatas are included. All bibliographical items are numbered consecutively throughout the project. Each section is divided into three subsections: books, dissertations, and journal articles. The annotations, ranging from a single sentence to a full paragraph, are intended to indicate the characteristics of the items in terms of both organization and content, and to provide users enough information to determine whether to pursue specific items further. Appendices, bibliographies, work-lists, and indexes are also mentioned if they contain important data about the sonatas. The annotations are based on first-hand examination of each item, unless otherwise indicated. A conclusion at the end of this document provides a summary and evaluation, and makes suggestions for future study. Three indexes are included: author, opus number, and general. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. George Kiorpes, Dr. Joseph DiPiazza, Dr. Eleanor McCrickard, Dr. James Sherbon, and Dr. Paul Stewart for their encouragement and support during the research and writing of this project. Special acknowledgment is extended to Dr. Kiorpes for his careful reading of the manuscript and for his many valuable suggestions and criticisms concerning the writing style, to Dr. McCrickard for her assistance in research and editing details, and to the UNCG Jackson Library reference and inter-library loan staff for their assistance in locating and acquiring many materials included in this bibliography. Special appreciation is also extended to my family in Taiwan for their constant encouragement and support during my graduate studies and research. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page APPROVAL PAGE ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii PREFACE v CHAPTER I. STUDIES OF ALL SONATAS Books 1 Dissertations . .: 28 Journal Articles 31 II. STUDIES OF SELECTED SONATAS Books 48 Dissertations 57 Journal Articles 68 IU. CONCLUSION 93 INDEX A. BY AUTHOR, EDITOR, COMPILER, AND TRANSLATOR 106 INDEX B. BY OPUS NUMBER 116 INDEX C. GENERAL 118 iv PREFACE Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas are such cornerstones of piano literature that no serious pianist fails to include at least a few of them in his or her repertory. Their significance is evident in the extended coverage they receive in virtually every historical and theoretical survey. Besides the survey literature, many publications have been devoted to the sonatas. Many of them provide pianists with invaluable information which could prove essential to a better performance of these masterpieces. However, no comprehensive bibliography of publications concerning Beethoven and his music exists at this time; only fragmented and incomplete bibliographies are scattered in numerous sources. Besides bibliographies at the end of various books and music indexes, only Beethoven-Jahrbuch (ed. Joseph Schmidt-Gorg and others. Bonn, 1953-) provides a Beethoven bibliography at the end of each issue under the heading "Beethoven Schrifttum." The most recent issue of Beethoven-Jahrbuch is dated 1978-81, and its "Beethoven Schrifttum" covers the years 1973-75; this makes the bibliography somewhat useless as a reference tool for recent studies. The purpose of this document is to compile an annotated bibliography of Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas to serve as a reference guide for pianists. v Three types of sources are listed: books, dissertations, and journal articles. A conclusion and three indexes are included. Status of Related Research The only existing bibliography in English about Beethoven and his music is Beethoven Abstracts by Donald W. MacArdle (Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1973). In the 1940s MacArdle set out "to read everything that has ever been published anywhere about LvB and to summarize it, perhaps in a single word (popular, unimportant) and in any event in not more than a few hundred words" (from a letter by MacArdle quoted in the introduction to the book). By 1962 he had assembled 5,000 abstracts from about 600 journals, newspapers, and books, and had placed copies of his typescript in the New York Public Library, in the Library of Congress, and in the British Museum, according to the same letter. Unfortunately, MacArdle died in 1964, leaving the project unfinished. Information coordinators obtained MacArdle's manuscript, organized it in book form, and published it in 1973, almost a decade after MacArdle's death. The Abstracts lists mostly journal and newspaper articles, and only three pages list books, without annotations, at the end of the book as the "Bibliography." Auction and autograph catalogs follow at the end of the journal articles. The vi entries are arranged by journals rather than by authors or subjects as in most bibliographical references. The journals are organized alphabetically within three large sections: primary periodicals, secondary periodicals, and newspapers. Three indexes are included at the end of the book; however, the reviewer Douglas Johnson considered them "incomplete" and with many "errors" (Notes 30 [1974]: 513-16). Despite the many weaknesses of the Abstracts, it is still a valid source for Beethoven research until the appearance of a better one. The most recent Beethoven bibliography project, and a laudable one, is in progress. It is administrated by the Center for Beethoven Studies in San Jose State University, California. According to an article by Patricia Elliott in The Beethoven Newsletter ([Winter 1987]: 56-57) the center is developing a special database for an all-embracing Beethoven bibliography on the Research Libraries Information Network. The goal is to create a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographic database (without annotations) for all significant Beethoven materials published in the last 200 years. In addition to books, journal and newspaper articles, program notes and pamphlets from sound recordings are included. This database will be accessible through the Research Libraries Information Network system. Individuals will be able to gain access to this bibliography by using personal computers with modems to dial into the system. According to telephone conversations in late August 1991 and April 1992 with Patricia Elliott, co-director of this bibliography project, this database is still in a formative stage. By summer 1992 there will be around 3,000 records entered in the database.