Ludwig van Beethoven : a very short introduction / Mark Evan Bonds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonds, Mark Evan, author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 705.

Very short introductions ; 705

Standardized Title:

Beethoven

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composers--Germany--Biography.

Composers.

Composers--Austria--Biography.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Ludvig van Beethoven: A Very Short Introduction examines Beethoven's consistent attitude towards his art which is remarkable considering the difficulties he faced in life. This inner consistency provides the key to understanding the composer's life and works more than 250 years after his birth in 1770. Beethoven approached music as he approached life, weighing from a variety of perspectives whatever occupied him: a melodic idea, a musical genre, a word or phrase, a friend, a lover, a patron, money, politics, religion. His ability to recognize and unlock so many possibilities from each helps explain the emotional breadth and richness of his output as a whole. Beethoven's works are a series of variations on his life. The iconic scowl so familiar from later images of the composer is but one of many attitudes he could assume and project through his music.

Contents:

The Scowl

The Life

Ideals

Deafness

Love

Money

Politics

Composing

Early-Middle-Late

The Music

"Beethoven".

Notes:

Previously issued in print: as Beethoven : variations on a life. 2020.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-005174-4

0-19-005175-2

0-19-005176-0