In part 2 of this three-part interview, Jonathan shares with us his story of how he became the editor of the Bärenreiter urtext editions of Beethoven’s nine symphonies. In our previous article, Deciphering Beethoven, we learnt from Beethoven scholar, Jonathan Del Mar, just how meticulous Beethoven’s notations were, despite the rather widespread criticism the composer has received for his …
A three-part interview series with the world famous Beethoven scholar. Interview part 1 – Editing Beethoven’s masterpieces Jonathan Del Mar (born January 7, 1951) is a British music editor, conductor and musicologist. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford and the Royal College of Music in London. Jonathan Del Mar edited Beethoven’s nine symphonies for the German publisher Bärenreiter, …
A conversation about understanding music, Beethoven’s Große Fuge, and musical animation. American composer, pianist and software engineer, Stephen Malinowski, is best known for his musical animations, nicknamed Music Animation Machine. His visual representations help to understand the different textures in a piece of music, that is, the different layers of sound, and the relationship between them. They are colourful …