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Beethoven / Ates Orga.

LIBRA - Special ML410.B4 O73 1983
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Orga, Ateş.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Illustrated lives of the great composers
The illustrated lives of the great composers
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Beethoven, Ludwig van.
Composers--Austria--Biography.
Composers.
Austria.
Genre:
Biographies.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
176 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Omnibus Press, 1983.
Summary:
A new biography which throws fascinating light on Beethoven's own life and times. The author quotes from Beethoven's letters, and draws on the recollections of the composer's friends. Includes many reproductions of engravings and paintings of important places and people in Beethoven's life. Plus facsimiles of the composer's sketches, autographs and first editions.
Contents:
Omega
Canonisation
Origins
The early years: 1770-92
Vienna: 1793-99
Revolution and change
Landmarks: 1800-04
Hero and heroine
Passions and enigmas
'A pure romantic': 1806-08
Entr'acte: 1809-13
The Congress of Vienna
'The most celebrated of living composers'
Apotheosis.
Notes:
Originally published: Tunbridge Wells [Eng.] : Midas Books, 1977.
Includes bibliographical references (page 5) and index.
ISBN:
0711902518
9780711902510
0825622808
9780825622809
OCLC:
11535792

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