Beethoven: A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226669052ISBN-10:022666905XUPC:9780226669052Book Category:Music, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Individual Composer & Musician, MusicBook Topic:ClassicalSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCTW6HMZQR
We have long regarded Beethoven as a great composer, but we rarely appreciate that he was also an eminently political artist. This book unveils the role of politics in his oeuvre, elucidating how the inherently political nature of Beethoven's music explains its power and endurance. William Kinderman presents Beethoven as a civically engaged thinker faced with severe challenges. The composer...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226669052ISBN-10:022666905XUPC:9780226669052Book Category:Music, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Individual Composer & Musician, MusicBook Topic:ClassicalSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCTW6HMZQR
William Kinderman is professor of music and the Leo M. Klein and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. His many books include Beethoven, The Creative Process in Music from Mozart to Kurtág, and, most recently, Wagner's "Parsifal."
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