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Beethoven's Letters (Dover Books on Music) - Paperback - GOOD
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 0486227693
- Book Title
- Beethoven's Letters
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Original Language
- German
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 1972
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- Eng,Ger
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Music
- Topic
- Genres & Styles / Classical, Ethnomusicology, Composers & Musicians, Individual Composer & Musician
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 18.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 410 Pages
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the protagonist of freedom for music, disentangled music from the control of the ruling class. In publishing his music and writing for the rising classes, Beethoven claimed freedom and expressed the emotions of the new rulers, the artists. The Eroica, Fidelio, and the piano works express the emotions of the new rulers -- the intense love, the need for companionship of people, the forces that conspired to defeat the artist, and the strength and superiority of the artist in overcoming the weaknesses. The letters of Beethoven are the principal nonmusical expression of his personality in its relationship with the world of his time. In what he called the "dry letters of the alphabet," Beethoven depicted his fears, his loves, and his friendly relations: his fears of deafness and of corrupted texts by pirating printers; his loves, Bettina Brentano and Giulietta Guicciardi; and his friendly relations with Baron Zmeskall, Frau Nannette Streicher, and the music publishers Steiner and Company. He praises the poetry of Goethe and Schiller but condemns Goethe for his obeisance toward royalty. He solicits help during his perpetual trouble with his health and with his servants. He castigates publishers, sets prices for his works, and calculates letters of dedication. He expresses his love for his nephew, Carl, but documents the trouble that Carl was causing him by taking up his precious time. And although Beethoven liked to decorate the letters with musical openings and closings and an occasional song to the receiver, he increasingly signed his letters, "In haste." The 457 letters collected here are the most important of the letters of the spirit that was to shape and move a century. Explanatory notes comment upon works, on persons mentioned, and on the puns of which Beethoven was fond. The letters chronicle his business, his needs, his humor and bitterness, and his philosophy. They will give many insights into Beethoven's methods, his influences, his moods, and the conditions under which the master worked.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486227693
ISBN-13
9780486227696
eBay Product ID (ePID)
799128
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beethoven's Letters
Original Language
German
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
Eng,Ger
Features
Reprint
Topic
Genres & Styles / Classical, Ethnomusicology, Composers & Musicians, Individual Composer & Musician
Publication Year
1972
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
410 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ml410.B4a23.S5 1972
Edition Description
Reprint
Copyright Date
1972
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
73-159687
Series
Dover Books on Music Ser.
Illustrated
Yes
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I am playing the piano and playing Beethoven 's music, his sonatas, menuets, so, I am very interested in his letters, personal life
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