Beethoven : a life in nine pieces / Laura Tunbridge.
The iconic image of Beethoven is of him as a lone genius: hair wild, fists clenched, and brow furrowed. Beethoven may well have shaped the music of the future, but he was also a product of his time, influenced by the people, politics, and culture around him. Oxford scholar Laura Tunbridge offers an...
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[2020]
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Beethoven, Ludwig van,
> 1770-1827.
> Septet,
> clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass,
> op. 20,
> E♭ major.
Beethoven, Ludwig van,
> 1770-1827.
> Fantasien,
> piano, mixed voices, orchestra,
> op. 80,
> C minor.
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Table of Contents:
- A note on Beethoven's finances
- A note on musical terms
- Introduction: beginnings
- Success: Septet, op. 20 (1800)
- Friends: Violin Sonata no. 9, op. 47, the 'Kreutzer' (1803)
- Heroism: Symphony no. 3, op. 55, the 'Eroica' (1804)
- Ambition: Choral Fantasy, op. 80 (1808)
- Love: 'An die Geliebte', WoO 140 (1812)
- Liberty: Fidelio, op. 72 (1814)
- Family: Piano Sonata no. 29, op. 106, the 'Hammerklavier' (1818)
- Spirit: Missa solemnis, op. 123 (1823)
- Endings: String Quartet, op. 130, and the 'Grosse Fuge', op. 133 (1826)
- Coda.