Beethoven : variations on a life / Mark Evan Bonds.
| Author/creator |
Bonds, Mark Evan author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, ©2020. |
| Description | ix, 147 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | The scowl -- The Life -- Ideals -- Deafness -- Love -- Money -- Politics -- Composing -- Early-Middle-Late -- The music -- "Beethoven". |
| Abstract | Beethoven approached music as he approached life, weighing whatever occupied him from a variety of perspectives: a melodic idea, a musical genre, a word of phrase, a friend, a lover, a patron, money, politics, religion. His ability to unlock so many possibilities from each helps explain the emotional breadth and richness of his output as a whole, from the heaven-storming Ninth Symphony to the eccentric Eighth, and from the arcane Great Fugue to the crowd-leasing Wellington's Victory. Beethoven's works, Bonds argues are a series of variations on his life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2019053066 |
| ISBN | 9780190054083 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0190054085 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.B4 B58 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.B4 B58 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |