For those interested in learning more, James Melo, ERC’s Musicologist, recommends the following readings to accompany our newest productions.

FOR LOVE ELEGIES: BEETHOVEN KAFFEKONZERT

1. Scott Burnham and Michael Steinberg (eds.). Beethoven and His World (Princeton University Press, 2000).
   A comprehensive, highly informative and engaging collection of essays on several aspects of Beethoven’s life and works, as well as his relationship to his cultural milieu.
2. Lewis Lockwood. Beethoven: The Music and the Life (W.W. Norton Company, 2002). 
   The most recent, updated, and thorough biography of the composer, by one of the deans of Beethoven studies.
3. Glenn Stanley (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven (Cambridge University Press, 2000). 
   An excellent collection of essays addressing matters of style, reception, performance practice, and analytical studies.
4. Harvey Sachs. The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 (Random House, 2010). 
   A multidisciplinary approach, richly and engagingly written, about one of the iconic artworks of Western civilization.
5. A.C. Kalischer (ed.). Beethoven’s Letters (Dover Publications, 1972). 
   A very good selection of letters that offer a direct glimpse into Beethoven’s life and personality.