Mats Norrman wrote:
>Then we have Susan McClary who wrote a dissertation claiming that the 4th
>movement of Beethovens 9. Sinfonie describes a "non-orgamsic rape". I
>can't find the books name in my brain right now, but others on the list can
>tell you. McClary is not the first one to have these ideas about Beethoven
>9, for a very certain reason...
Two sources: "Queering the Pitch" and "Feminine Endings". The latter,
in the chapter "Getting Down Off the Beanstalk," deals in part with
Beethoven's 9th. The "non-orgasmic rape" phrase -- though not used by
McClary here (maybe in "Queering"?) -- would best suit her description
of the recapitulation found in the *first*, not fourth, movement of that
symphony.
Mark K. Ehlert