Beethoven’s Blue Remembered Hills

Walton, Christopher (2022). Beethoven’s Blue Remembered Hills New Sound: International Journal of Music, 60(2), pp. 221-228. Savez Organizacija Kompozitora Jugoslavije (SOKOJ) * Music Information Centre, Union of Yugoslav Composers' Organizations 10.5937/newso2260221W

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Various commentators have noted Beethoven’s use of a monotone in the second song of his cycle An die ferne Geliebte, where the repetition of a single note serves to conjure up the power of memory. This monotone served as a model for several subsequent composers of song cycles, often in a similar context when their singer/narrator recalls things that are past, from Peter Cornelius to Arnold Bax. In the case of Arthur Somervell’s A Shropshire Lad, a further correlation is found between his poet’s “blue-remembered hills” and Beethoven’s “Berge so blau”.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Bern Academy of the Arts Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Interpretation
Name:	Walton, Christopher0000-0003-3675-9118
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music P Language and Literature > PR English literature
ISSN:	0354-818X
Publisher:	Savez Organizacija Kompozitora Jugoslavije (SOKOJ) * Music Information Centre, Union of Yugoslav Composers' Organizations
Language:	English
Submitter:	Christopher Walton
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2023 11:17
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2023 21:46
Publisher DOI:	10.5937/newso2260221W
Uncontrolled Keywords:	An die ferne Geliebte, Song cycle, Monotone, Ludwig van Beethoven, Arthur Somervell
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.18761
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/18761