The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824

ISBN-13: 9780571221462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 240 str.

Harvey Sachs

Opis

A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. This memoir explains how the premiere of Beethoven's staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time.