Barry Cooper (musicologist)

Barry Cooper ( born 1949 in Westcliff -on-Sea, Essex ) is an English musicologist.

Life

Cooper studied musicology and organ in Oxford, received the Master in 1973 and his doctorate in 1974. According to a lectureship at the University of St Andrews he went to the University of Aberdeen. Since 1990 he is professor at the University of Manchester.

His research interests include the English Baroque music and Ludwig van Beethoven. He is the editor and author of the Beethoven Compendium (1991). This standard work of Beethoven research has now been translated into French, German and Japanese.

Caused a sensation in the world premiere of his reconstruction of the first movement of the 10th symphony by Beethoven at the Royal Festival Hall in London in 1988 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Weller. Even the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Wyn Morris has recorded since the Beethoven fragment.

In addition, he has long lost the slow movement of Beethoven's String Quartet in G major, Op 18 No 2 reconstructed, the Quatuor Danel which brought in September 2011 in Manchester for the world premiere.

Cooper has rediscovered French harpsichord music of the 17th century.

  • English solo keyboard music of the middle and late baroque, New York: Garland, 1989 ( = Diss, Oxford 1974)
  • Beethoven and the Creative Process, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990
  • The Beethoven Compendium: A Guide to Beethoven 's Life and Music, London: Thames and Hudson, 1991
  • Beethoven 's Folksong Settings: Chronology, Sources, Style, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994
  • Beethoven, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000 ( in the series Master Musicians Series) - 2nd edition New York: Oxford University Press, 2008
  • Child Composers and Their Works: A Historical Survey, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2009
  • Beethoven: An Extraordinary Life, London: ABRSM, 2013

Papers

  • The Evolution of the First Movement of Beethoven 's " Waldstein " Sonata, in: Music and Letters, Vol 58 (1977 ), pp. 170-191
  • Newly Identified Sketches for Beethoven 's Tenth Symphony, in: Music and Letters, Vol 66 (1985 ), pp. 9-18
  • The composition of " And noticeably ' I ' in Beethoven 's Fidelio, in: The Music Review, Vol 47 (1986 /87), pp. 231-237
  • Beethoven 's portfolio of Bagatelles, in: Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol 112 (1987), pp. 208-228
  • The Ink in Beethoven 's " Kafka " Sketch Miscellany, in: Music and Letters, Vol 68 (1987 ), pp. 315-332
  • The First Movement of Beethoven 's Tenth Symphony: A Realization, in: The Beethoven Newsletter, Vol 3 (1988 ), pp. 25-31
  • The Clementi, Beethoven Contract of 1807: A Reinvestigation, in: Muzio Clementi: Studies and Prospects, ed. by Roberto Illiano inter alia, Bologna 2002, pp. 337-353
  • The Arrival of Beethoven 's ' Razumovsky ' Quartets in Manchester, Manchester Sounds, Vol 5 (2005); pp. 53-62
  • The Amazing Early Works of Frederick Ouseley, in: The Musical Times, Vol 147 (2006), pp. 49-58
  • Beethoven 's Uses of Silence, in: The Musical Times, Vol 152 (2011), pp. 25-43
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