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Beethoven : the music and the life / Lewis Lockwood.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393326381 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780393326383 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xix, 604 p. : ill.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 2005, c2003.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-578) and indexes. |
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| Subject: | Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 > Criticism and interpretation. Composers > Austria > Biography |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
A portrait of the life, career, and milieu of the master composer describes the special challenges he faced as a gifted artist in the face of personal, historical, political, and cultural factors, in a volume that shares insight into his compositional methods through recreations of his sketchbooks and autograph manuscripts. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. - Norton Pub
An authoritative work offering a fresh look at Beethovenâs life, career, and milieu. âMagisterialâ âNew York Review of Books. - Norton Pub
This brilliant portrayal weaves Beethoven's musical and biographical stories into their historical and artistic contexts. Lewis Lockwood sketches the turbulent personal, historical, political, and cultural frameworks in which Beethoven worked and examines their effects on his music. "The result is that rarest of achievements, a profoundly humane work of scholarship that willâor at least shouldâappeal to specialists and generalists in equal measure" (Terry Teachout, Commentary). Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. "Lewis Lockwood has written a biography of Beethoven in which the hours that Beethoven spent writing musicâthat is, his methods of working, his interest in contemporary and past composers, the development of his musical intentions and ideals, his inner musical life, in shortâhave been properly integrated with the external events of his career. The book is invaluable." âCharles Rosen "Lockwood writes with poetry and clarityâa rare combination. I especially enjoyed the connection that he makes between the works of Beethoven and the social and political context of their creationâwe feel closer to Beethoven the man without losing our wonder at his genius." âEmanuel Ax "The magnum opus of an illustrious Beethoven scholar. From now on, we will all turn to Lockwood's Beethoven: The Music and the Life for insight and instruction." âMaynard Solomon "This is truly the Beethoven biography for the intelligent reader. Lewis Lockwood speaks in his preface of writing on Beethoven's works at 'a highly accessible descriptive level.' But he goes beyond that. His discussion of the music, based on a deep knowledge of its context and the composition processes behind it, explains, elucidates, and is not afraid to evaluate; while the biographical chapters, clearly and unfussily written, and taking full account of the newest thinking on Beethoven, align closely with the musical discussion. The result is a deeply perceptive book that comes as close as can be to presenting the man and the music as a unity."âStanley Sadie, editor, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians "Impressive for both its scholarship and its fresh insights, this landmark workâfully accessible to the interested amateurâimmediately takes its place among the essential references on this composer and his music."âBob Goldfarb, KUSC-FM 91.5 "Lockwood writes like an angel: lucid, enthusiastic, stirring and enlightening. Beethoven has found his ablest interpreter."âJonathan Keates, The Spectator "There is no better survey of Beethoven's compositions for a wide audience."âMichael Kimmelman, The New York Times Book Review - WW Norton
New York Review of Books - WW Norton
CommentaryBeethoven: The Music and the LifeThe New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansThe SpectatorThe New York Times Book Review
