The Life of Beethoven

By:

David Wyn Jones

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Musical Lives

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This account of Beethoven reveals the life and times of a creative musician in Bonn and Vienna in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. While paying due regard to the image of Beethoven as one of the most single-minded composers in the history of music, this biography places his work in the context of the musical life of the period. Through an understanding of the changing nature of musical patronage, the private and public concert, the impact of the Napoleonic Wars on culture and society--in addition to the effects of Beethoven's increasing deafness and his difficult relationships with both patrons and the musical institutions of the day--a varied and dynamic picture of the life and career of the musical genius emerges.

Release date NZ

November 19th, 1998

Author

David Wyn Jones

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

15 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

220

Series

Musical Lives

Dimensions

137x213x20

ISBN-13

9780521568784

Product ID

2463732

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