Transcendent Mastery: Studies in the Music of Beethoven, by Bathia Churgin. New York: Pendragon Press, 2008; corrected reprint, 2011

Authors

  • Roger Kamien Hebrew University, Jerusalem Author

Abstract

Transcendent Mastery: Studies in the Music of Beethoven, by Bathia Churgin. New York: Pendragon Press, 2008; corrected reprint, 2011 (with a page of Corrigenda).

Author Biography

  • Roger Kamien, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

    Professor Roger Kamien received a B.A. in music from Columbia University and an M.A. and Ph.D in musicology from Princeton University. He taught at Hunter College and later at Queens College, City University, New York. In 1983, he was appointed to the Zubin Mehta Chair of Musicology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  He is also a professional pianist. His textbook Music: An Appreciation (McGraw-Hill), first published in 1976, will soon appear in its 11th regular edition and 8th brief edition. He was also editor of  The Norton Scores, one of the coauthors of A New Approach to Keyboard Harmony, and a contributor to Schenker Studies and  The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven. He has also written articles and reviews for journals including Music Forum, Beethoven Forum, Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory Spectrum, Theory and Practice, Musical Quarterly, Journal of Musicology, and the  Journal of the American Musicological Society.

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Published

2025-01-23

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Book Reviews