Beethoven's Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541697362ISBN-10:1541697367UPC:9781541697362Book Category:Music, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Music, Musical InstrumentsBook Topic:ClassicalSize:7.60 x 5.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.227Product ID:SCF8BQJFB1
An ode to Beethoven's revolutionary masterpiece, his Third Symphony In 1805, the world of music was startled by an avant-garde and explosive new work. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven's Third Symphony, the "Eroica," rudely broke the mold of the Viennese Classical symphony and revealed a powerful new expressiveness, both personal and societal. Even the whiff of actual political revolution was woven into the work-it was originally inscribed to Napoleon Bonaparte, a dangerous hero for a composer dependent on conservative royal patronage. With the first two stunning chords of the "Eroica," classical music was transformed. In Beethoven's Eroica, James Hamilton-Paterson reconstructs this great moment in Western culture, the shock of the music and the symphony's long afterlife.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541697362ISBN-10:1541697367UPC:9781541697362Book Category:Music, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Music, Musical InstrumentsBook Topic:ClassicalSize:7.60 x 5.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.227Product ID:SCF8BQJFB1
James Hamilton-Paterson is one of Britain's most distinguished-and reclusive-writers. A travel writer, memoirist, poet, and award-winning novelist, Hamilton-Paterson is also an accomplished musician. His novel Gerontius won a Whitbread Prize and his many books include the bestselling Empire of the Clouds, Marked for Death and Music: Stories. He now lives in Austria.
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