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Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies

Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies

By: George Grove

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This classic of music analysis by a noted musicologist offers revealing insights into Beethoven's personality and music. George Grove, the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, interweaves fascinating background information on the composer's historical era with quotations, letters, and anecdotes. He examines the nine symphonies in chronological order, movement by movement, illustrating his points with numerous excerpts — more than 400 in all.
In addition to emphasizing the uniqueness of Beethoven's music and its iconoclastic renunciation of established musical theory, Grove comments at length on the relation of the symphonies to the minor works, events in the composer's personal life, the conditions under which he worked, and other fascinating details. Examples of Beethoven's correspondence include several letters to the Countess Theresa and the famous letter to his brothers Carl and Johann.

Reprint of the Novello, Ewer and Company, 1898 edition.
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 to 48 hours
ISBN 100486203344
ISBN 139780486203348
Author/EditorGeorge Grove
FormatBook
Page Count416
Dimensions5 1/2 x 8 1/2

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