Beethoven's Letters Revised Edition Contributor(s): Beethoven, Ludwig Van (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486227693 ISBN-13: 9780486227696 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1972 Annotation: Features 457 of Beethoven's most candid letters dealing with such topics as his deafness, his declining health, other composers and their influence, his own work. Includes 15 illustrations. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Literary Collections | Letters - Music | Individual Composer & Musician |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 73159687 |
Series: Dover Books on Music |
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.65" W x 8.25" (1.07 lbs) 448 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the protagonist of freedom for music, disentangled music from the control of the ruling class. In publishing his music and writing for the rising classes, Beethoven claimed freedom and expressed the emotions of the new rulers, the artists. The Eroica, Fidelio, and the piano works express the emotions of the new rulers -- the intense love, the need for companionship of people, the forces that conspired to defeat the artist, and the strength and superiority of the artist in overcoming the weaknesses. The letters of Beethoven are the principal nonmusical expression of his personality in its relationship with the world of his time. |