The first four notes : Beethoven's fifth and the human imagination / by Matthew Guerrieri.
"Music critic Matthew Guerrieri reaches back before Beethoven's time to examine what might have influenced him in writing his Fifth Symphony, and forward into our own time to describe the ways in which the Fifth has, in turn, asserted its influence."--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2012.
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| Summary: | "Music critic Matthew Guerrieri reaches back before Beethoven's time to examine what might have influenced him in writing his Fifth Symphony, and forward into our own time to describe the ways in which the Fifth has, in turn, asserted its influence."-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 359 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307593283 0307593282 |