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Title: Beethoven and His World by Scott Burnham, Michael P. Steinberg, Bard Music Festival ISBN: 0-691-07073-3 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Engaging essays about a complex man
Comment: Given the range and breadth of Western music, it is astonishing how often we fall back on the work of this German dude from the late 18th, early 19th century. Many people who find Western art music a snore have Beethoven records in their collection, and the complex mythology that has grown up around the composer and his works barely accounts for how often his works are played. This book, which grew out of a festival of Beethoven's works, provides some really fascinating material. My three favorite essays explored Beethoven and the concept of masculinity (he's typically considered a "masculine" composer for complex reasons), the reason for Beethoven's "scowl" (I won't give it away, but it's amazing), and a long thoughtful reflection on how Beethoven's image was shaped by his death in Vienna, and the public response to that event. If you want a standard bio of LvB, there are plenty of good ones out there. These essays give some non-standard perspectives on the most revered composer in Western culture, and may help you understand why people feel that way about him.
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Title: Late Beethoven: Music, Thought, Imagination by Maynard Solomon ISBN: 0520237463 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Beethoven's Ninth: A Political History by Esteban Buch, Richard Miller ISBN: 0226078124 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Beethoven: The Music and the Life by Lewis Lockwood ISBN: 0393050815 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 16 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Elliot Forbes, Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann, Henry Edward Krehbiel ISBN: 069102717X Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Age of Mozart and Beethoven (Storia de La Musica Series) by Giorgio Pestelli ISBN: 0521284791 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1984 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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