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Beethoven variations : poems on a life / Ruth Padel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Padel, Ruth, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Poetry.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Music in the Dart of the Mind
- Birthplace p. 5
- Idealising the Unattainable Can Begin Very Early p. 6
- If Your Father Damaged You p. 7
- His Mother Warms His Feet on a Boat p. 9
- Home Town p. 10
- On Not Needing Other People p. 12
- Growing Up with Beethoven p. 15
- In the Orchestra Pit p. 17
- Meeting Mozart p. 18
- You Rescue Your Father from Jail p. 19
- The Memento p. 20
- The Boy on Dragon Rock p. 22
- Virtuoso
- City of Music p. 25
- What Could Go Wrong? p. 27
- Earthquake p. 28
- To Be Played with the Utmost Delicacy p. 29
- Moonlight Sonata p. 31
- The Jealous Demon p. 32
- Julie p. 33
- He Takes Rooms in a Country Village to Rest His Ears p. 34
- Human Fire p. 35
- Take This Cup from Me p. 36
- A Flute of Lilac Wood p. 38
- Until It Please the Fates to Break the Thread p. 39
- Hero
- Eroica p. 43
- Letters to Josephine p. 44
- The Shadow Behind the Door p. 48
- Wine of the Heart p. 51
- Stained Manuscript p. 54
- On Cushioning Your Ears in a Bombardment p. 55
- Therese p. 56
- Looking Out of a Back Window p. 57
- The Vulnerability of Violins p. 59
- Meeting of the Waters p. 61
- The Pencil p. 62
- Forever Yours, Forever Mine, Forever Us p. 63
- You Must Not Be Human
- Prayer on Burying a Flame p. 67
- Three Days p. 69
- Girl on a Sofa p. 70
- India Dreams p. 71
- To the Distant Beloved p. 72
- The Battle for Karl p. 74
- First Entry in a Conversation Book p. 75
- In the Lydian Mode p. 77
- On Opening the Manuscript of Opus 131 In the Music Archive, Krakow p. 79
- The Rauhenstein Ruins p. 81
- Breaking Axle p. 83
- Musica Humana p. 86
- Life-Notes: A Coda p. 89.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi book"--title page verso.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Padel, Ruth, 1946- Beethoven variations.
- ISBN:
- 9780593317730
- 0593317734
- Publisher Number:
- 40030385760
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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