{"product_id":"grasnick-5","title":"Grasnick 5","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eLong neglected in scholarship, the so-called Grasnick 5 documents reveal Beethoven working out concepts and ideas, offering fascinating insights into his creative method. This critical edition, the third in the Beethoven Sketchbook Series, offers a facsimile and transcription of the contents of the stitched pocket sketchbook started by the fifty-year-old master during the summer of 1820. At the time, Beethoven labored over the Missa solemnis , Opus 123. The sketchbook's pages yield the entire record of his early ideas on the Agnus Dei of that work as well as a sketch for part of the Benedictus. Patrizia Metzler and Fred Stoltzfus decipher the quirks of the composer's workshopping--the infamous penmanship, multiple generations of pencil and ink marks, and omitted notation--and wrestle with the legibility issues inherent in the task of dealing with aged documents. Their commentary completes a fruitful scholarly journey and provides context for experts, musicians, and anyone else interested in this fraught period of Beethoven's creative life. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Transcribed, edited, and with a commentary by Patricia Metzler and Fred Stoltzfus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614316126588,"sku":"9780252039706","price":82.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780252039706_73b5f06c-36b6-41a7-91e1-981f86e13152.jpg?v=1726044626","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/grasnick-5","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}