| Edition |
[2nd ed.] |
| Description |
xvi, 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The master musicians
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Master musicians series.
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| Note |
Edition statement in Preface, page xi. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-424) and index. |
| Contents |
Young genius (1770-83) -- Adolescence (1784-9) -- Farewell to Bonn (1790-2) -- The conquest of Vienna (1792-5) -- Wider horizons (1796-8) -- First quartets and First Symphony (1799-1800) -- Hope and despair (1801-2) -- After Heiligenstadt (1802-3) -- L'amour conjugal (1804-6) -- A cluster of masterpieces (1806-8) -- Financial security? (1809-10) -- Immortal Beloved (1811-12) -- The political phase (1813-15) -- Declining productivity (1815-17) -- Gigantism (1818-20) -- Completion of the Mass (1820-2) -- Completion of the Ninth (1822-4) -- End of an Era (1824-7). |
| Subject |
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. |
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Composers -- Germany -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Germany. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780195313314 paperback |
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0195313313 paperback |
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