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Jan Swafford s biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being who composed some of the world s most iconic music Swafford mines sources never before used in English language biographies to reanimate the revolutionary ferment of Enlightenment era Bonn, where Beethoven grew up and imbibed the ideas that would shape all of his future work Swafford then tracks his subject to Vienna, capital of European music, where Beethoven built his career in the face of critical incomprehension, crippling ill health, romantic rejection, and fate s hammer, his ever encroaching deafness Throughout, Swafford offers insightful readings of Beethoven s key works More than a decade in the making, this will be the standard Beethoven biography for years to come. Best Read [ Beethoven ] by [ Jan Swafford ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr background music The Piano Sonata No 17 Tempest Ludwig van Beethoven is one of those historical figures that genuinely needs no introduction Since his musical career started, he has been held in continuously high esteem He did not need to be rediscovered like some other beloved composers like Bach he was always this famous Even people without any formal training in classical music can recognize at the very ...Written by a trombone player and clearly a piano player and a music professor Pitched at an audience that is familiar, or willing to become familiar, with music theory concepts, and either sight reads music, or is willing to ignore the fairly rare page of a few bars of theme, or two pages from the conductor s score of a symphony, I took music theory lessons as a kid, kept it up in college including some conducting , and am an avid listener and concert goer I own...This is a rich and nuanced biography of Ludwig van Beethoven warts and all The book does not romanticize him it does not take a critical orientation It is an evenhanded consideration of a complex, extraordinarily talented, difficult person And it highlights his musical output making the book very compelling.This is, on the one hand, a cradle to grave biography, beginning with his family s background and his early life I had always thought it settled that his birth was on December 16, 1770 This is a rich and nuanced biography of Ludwig van Beethoven warts and all The book does not romanticize him it does not take a critical orientation It is an evenhanded consider...This was the first biography I read about a classical composer and it was an excellent choice Jan Swafford is a great biographer that really but flesh on the bones of this eccentric genius His life is absolutely fascinating and this book does not lose itself as many other biographies about classical composers in endless musical scores incomprehensible to non musicians like me Rather, it concentrates on Beethoven the man and his productive and somewhat revolutionary life You will come awa This was the first biography I read about a classical composer and it was an excellent choice Jan Swafford is a great biographer that really but flesh on the bones of this eccentric genius His life is absolutely fascinating and this book does not lose itself as many other biographies about classical composers in endless musical scores incomprehensible to...You know what would make this audiobook awesome If it played his songs in the background so I knew what the hell it was talking aboutLudwig von Beethoven is one of those larger than life cultural figures who towers over Western Civilization like a Colossus Is the man worthy of this mythological status As a human being, far from it as a composer of music, very much so In Beethoven Anguish and Triumph, Jan Swafford has written a biography and musical survey of Beethoven that is worthy of the subject and surely sets ...,, , ,, , ,, , ,, ,, ,, , , , , , , , ,, ,, , , , brand, , , , 4 , , ,, ,, , Aufkl rung, , , , , ,,, , , ,, , , , , ,, , , , , ,, , , , ,tip , , , ,, 5 , 4 Fascinating Made it a point to listen to everything music discussed and look up architecture and portraits A wonderfully enriching experience History at its best,I became an admirer of Jan Swafford through reading his biographies of Johannes Brahms and Charles Ives My admiration has increased with this wise and moving new biography, Beethoven Anguish and Triumph 2014 Swafford offers much to think about in understanding Beethoven For example, he discusses Beethoven s composition of the Ninth Symphony and of how the work spanned the composer s life from youth to age Swafford writes The threads in Beethoven s life gathered Twenty years before, he I became an admirer of Jan Swafford through reading his biographies of Johannes Brahms and Charles Ives My admiration has increased with this wise and moving new biography, Beethoven Anguish and Triumph 2014 Swafford offers much to think about in understanding Beethoven For example, he discusses Beethoven s composition of the Ninth Symphony and of how the work spanned the composer s life from youth to age Swafford writes The threads in Beethoven s life gathered Twenty years before, he anguished in his Heiligenstadt Testament, Oh Providence grant me at last but one day of pure joy it is so long since real joy echoed in my heart In age we often return to the ideas and inspirations of our youth In the Ninth Beethoven returned to Schiller s poem that had been a motif of his life since his teens, to the Enlightenment ideal of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness Rising from liber...Finally finished this monumental tome It s taken me six weeks.I usually race through a book in a couple of days It was well worth the time Swafford examined Beethoven s life, times, and music in great detail and really gave me a much greater understanding Having read this, I can see why Beethoven became...

Beethoven
  • 19 September 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 1077 pages
  • 061805474X
  • Jan Swafford
  • Beethoven