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Title: Re-Reading the Beethoven Violin Sonatas.
Authors: BANDY, DORIAN1
Source: Notes. Jun2026, Vol. 82 Issue 4, p546-549. 4p.
Subject Terms: Violin sonatas, Musical interpretation, Musical aesthetics, Musicology, Critical analysis, Musical analysis, Schemas (Psychology)
People: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Abstract: The main focus of the article is a critical review of Daniel Tong’s book *Re-Reading the Beethoven Violin Sonatas*, which argues for performance-based interpretive approaches to Beethoven’s violin sonatas that emphasize the performer’s embodied experience over traditional structural analysis. The review highlights Tong’s attempt to bridge the divide between music analysis and performance but critiques his limited engagement with recent scholarship, outdated theoretical framework, and inconsistent argumentation. Specific concerns include Tong’s neglect of important musicological theories such as schema theory, his selective bibliography, and his philosophical digressions that obscure rather than clarify his points. Overall, the review finds that while Tong’s performer-analyst perspective is promising, the book falls short of advancing a convincing synthesis between analysis and performance in Beethoven studies. [Extracted from the article]
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