Beethoven : a political artist in revolutionary times / William Kinderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinderman, William, author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Criticism and interpretation.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.) : 4 color plates, 20 halftones, 26 line drawings

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 lived through many tumultuous events - the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Congress of Vienna among them.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I A Tale of Two Cities: Bonn to Vienna

II The Sublime and Inverted Sublime

III Beethoven in Heiligenstadt

IV Path to the Eroica

V Leonore as “Angel of Freedom”

VI From Grätz to Wagram and Leipzig

VII A Double Chill: Beethoven in Metternich’s Vienna

VIII Then and Now: The Ninth Symphony

Acknowledgments

Illustrations and Examples

Note about Abbreviations

Sources and Documents

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 6, 2021).

ISBN:

0-226-66919-X

OCLC:

1199891040