Ludwig van Beethoven

Broschiertes Buch

Beethoven, The Man And The Artist, As Revealed In His Own Words

Beschreibung

A breath of private weather over a public life. Beethoven, The Man And The Artist, As Revealed In His Own Words opens a window into the composer's inner world, where stubborn genius meets vulnerable doubt. This book gathers biographical essays and historical letters in a compelling music biography collection, presenting beethoven personal reflections that illuminate the creative process, his political views, and the rhythms of daily life in the late classical era. Read as if you were tracing a living score, the volume threads together historic composer letters with keen, human insight, offering revelation after revelation rather than concise biographical summaries. It is a rare chance to hear the man behind the legend, to glimpse how his thoughts shaped his art. Historically significant and deeply human, the work is cherished by scholars and treasured by readers who value literary craft as much as musical mastery. For casual readers, it offers approachable access to a cornerstone of western music; for collectors and researchers, it stands as a substantial reference that informs study and appreciation alike. Alpha Editions is proud to restore this out-of-print treasure for today's audience and for future generations. More than a reprint, it is a cultural treasure, a source for music students, researchers, and anyone seeking a richer map of the late eighteenth¿ and early nineteenth¿century world, including echoes of the Tchaikovsky correspondence.

Autor

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Germany on December 17, 1770, and died on March 26, 1827. Beethoven is still one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music. His works are some of the most played in the classical music repertoire, and they span the transition from the Classical to the Romantic eras. Ludwig van Beethoven, a musician from the town of Mechelen in the Austrian Duchy of Brabant who moved to Bonn when he was 21 years old, was Beethoven's grandfather. After 1810, when Beethoven was becoming less social, he wrote many of his best-known pieces, such as his later symphonies, mature chamber music, and late piano sonatas. His only opera, Fidelio, was first performed in 1805. In 1814, the last changes were made to it. Between 1819 and 1823, he wrote Missa Solemnis. Between 1822 and 1824, he wrote Symphony No. 9, one of the first choral symphonies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 78
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 128g
• ISBN-13: 9789354751509
• ISBN-10: 9354751504
• Artikelnr.: 62153075