'Understood at last’?: A memetic analysis of Beethoven’s ‘bloody fist

Steven Jan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46282-0_27

'Understood at last’? A memetic analysis of Beethoven’s ‘bloody fist

Steven Jan

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Abstract

As a singular moment in the western canon, the opening of the recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has prompted a variety of structural and expressive readings. This paper explores its intertextual connections with Mozart’s Don Giovanni from a memetic perspective, outlining certain extra-musical interpretations, including some related to Susan McClary’s controversial reading of the passage, one might infer from the strong musical connections.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Music, Mind, and Embodiment - 11th International Symposium, CMMR 2015, Revised Selected Papers
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	420-437
Number of pages	18
Volume	9617 LNCS
ISBN (Print)	9783319462813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46282-0_27
Publication status	Published - 23 Sep 2016
Event	11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research,: Music, Mind & Embodiment - Plymouth University , Plymouth, United Kingdom Duration: 16 Jun 2015 → 19 Jun 2015 Conference number: 11 http://cmr.soc.plymouth.ac.uk/cmmr2015/ (Link to Conference Website )

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9617 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	03029743
ISSN (Electronic)	16113349

Conference

Conference	11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research,
Abbreviated title	CMMR2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Plymouth
Period	16/06/15 → 19/06/15
Internet address	http://cmr.soc.plymouth.ac.uk/cmmr2015/ (Link to Conference Website )

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Jan, S. (2016). 'Understood at last’? A memetic analysis of Beethoven’s ‘bloody fist. In Music, Mind, and Embodiment - 11th International Symposium, CMMR 2015, Revised Selected Papers (Vol. 9617 LNCS, pp. 420-437). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9617 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46282-0_27

Jan, Steven. / 'Understood at last’? A memetic analysis of Beethoven’s ‘bloody fist. Music, Mind, and Embodiment - 11th International Symposium, CMMR 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 9617 LNCS Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 420-437 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Jan, S 2016, 'Understood at last’? A memetic analysis of Beethoven’s ‘bloody fist. in Music, Mind, and Embodiment - 11th International Symposium, CMMR 2015, Revised Selected Papers. vol. 9617 LNCS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9617 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 420-437, 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 16/06/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46282-0_27

'Understood at last’? A memetic analysis of Beethoven’s ‘bloody fist. / Jan, Steven.

Music, Mind, and Embodiment - 11th International Symposium, CMMR 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 9617 LNCS Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 420-437 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9617 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Jan S. 'Understood at last’? A memetic analysis of Beethoven’s ‘bloody fist. In Music, Mind, and Embodiment - 11th International Symposium, CMMR 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 9617 LNCS. Springer Verlag. 2016. p. 420-437. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46282-0_27