William Kinderman

Author of Beethoven

About the Author

William Kinderman is Professor and Inaugural Leon M. Klein and Elaine Krown Klein Chair of Performance Studies in the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. His publications include Beethoven Diabelli Variations, Beethoven, and the three-volume Artaria 195: Beethoven's Sketchbook for the Missa show more solemnis and the Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 109. show less

Works by William Kinderman

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Beethoven (1995) 82 copies, 2 reviews

Beethoven's Diabelli Variations (1987) 21 copies, 1 review

A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) (2005) 18 copies

Beethoven's Compositional Process (North American Beethoven Studies) (1991) 11 copies, 1 review

Mozart's Piano Music (2006) 9 copies

The String Quartets of Beethoven (2006) 9 copies

Wagner's Parsifal (2013) 8 copies

The Creative Process in Music from Mozart to Kurtag (2012) 3 copies

The Second Practice of Nineteenth-Century Tonality (1996) 2 copies

Genetic Criticism and the Creative Process: Essays from Music, Literature, and Theater (2009) 2 copies

The Creative Process in Music from Mozart to Kurtag (2012) 2 copies

Beethoven by Kinderman, William (2009) Paperback (1800) 1 copy

The String Quartets of Beethoven (2020) 1 copy

Wandering Archetypes in Schubert's Instrumental Music 1 copy

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The Cambridge Companion to Schubert (1997) — Contributor — 36 copies, 1 review

Beethoven and His World (2000) — Contributor — 24 copies, 1 review

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Canonical name: Kinderman, William
Birthdate: 1952
Gender: male
Education: Yale College
University of California, Berkeley
Occupations: musicologist
Organizations: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Associated Place (for map): Pennsylvania, USA

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jwhenderson 2,952 reviews

Beethoven by William Kinderman

A clear but dry biography of the well-known composer. During his career, the learned author taught in Germany and Canada, and his musical observations make it worth reading. Though it isn't the best, it is in my collection of Beethoven biographies.

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800XW02AA 1 review

[(Beethoven's "Diabelli Variations" )] [Author: William Kinderman] [Jun-2008] by William Kinderman