Political Beethoven

ISBN-13: 9781316616291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 292 str.

Nicholas Mathew

Opis

Political Beethoven explores Beethoven's music as an active participant in political life from the Napoleonic Wars to the present day.

Recenzje

In writing Political Beethoven, Nicholas Mathew has provided a thoroughly-researched and fascinating look at the composer's lesser-known works, giving a vivid description of the music, criticism, and theatricality of the period surrounding the Congress of Vienna.' Jane Riegel Ferencz, Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association

Spis treści

Introduction: political collaborations; 1. Music between myth and history; 2. Beethoven's moments; 3. The sounds of power and the power of sound; 4. The inner public; 5. After the war; Appendix: eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century musical sources consulted.