Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Beethoven's Ninth for a New Millennium
Chapter 2: Marking History
Chapter 3: Marking Hearing
Chapter 4: Marking Time
Chapter 5: Marking Form
Chapter 6: Marking Noise

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About the Author

Alexander Rehding is Fanny Peabody Professor of Music at Harvard University. His research interrogates intersections between music theory and history. His publications center on nineteenth-century music and on sound media, including Music and Monumentality (2009). His work has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Dent Medal.

Reviews

"Beethoven meets media theory in Alexander Rehding's wonderful and expansive account of Symphony No. 9. Taking the symphony's monumental challenges into the 21st century, Rehding offers a novel interpretation based on its recent performance and adaptation history, troubling our most fundamental understandings of music, communication and time in the process. A delightful and surprising read."-Jonathan Sterne, McGill University, author of MP3: The Meaning of
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