Beethoven
The Universal Composer
1st Edition
Published on 13. October 2009
256 pages
978-0-06-173887-6 (ISBN)
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Brilliant....This book is a perfect marriageor should one say, duetof subject and author, every word as masterly as the notes of the artist it illuminates. Christopher Buckley, ForbesThis is not just criticism but poetry in itself, with the additionaland inestimablemerit of being true. Washington Post Book World Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Dutch) is one of Americas most distinguished biographers, known for his rich, compulsively readable prose style. His biography of Beethoven, one of the most admired composers in the history of music, is above all a study of genius in action, of one of the few giants of Western culture. Beethoven is another engaging entry in the HarperCollins Eminent Lives series of biographies by distinguished authors on canonical figures.
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter One: The Spirit of Mozart
- Chapter Two: The Hands of Haydn
- Chapter Three: The Creature of Prometheus
- Chapter Four: The Cold Dungeon
- Chapter Five: The Immortal Beloved
- Chapter Six: The Mountains of the Mind
- Chapter Seven: The Raven Mother
- Chapter Eight: The Other Side of Silence
- Valedictory
- Epilogue
- Glossary of Musical Terms
- Bibliographical Note and Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- BOOKS IN THE EMINENT LIVES SERIES
- ALSO BY EDMUND MORRIS
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
