The Last Master: Passion And Glory: Volume Three of a Fictional Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven: v.3 - Rilegato

Suchet, John

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ISBN 10: 0316648221 ISBN 13: 9780316648226

Casa editrice: Little, Brown, 1998

Riassunto

In the concluding volume of John Suchet's fascinating fictional biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, the reader witnesses the great dramas of the composer's final years, as his growing deafness becomes the source for unrelenting misery - and ever more sublime music.

This is the era of the 'Battle' Symphony, the Seventh, the Diabelli Variations, the Missa Solemnis, the Ninth and the 'Ode To Joy', of monumental pieces composed in solitude and performed with ferocious energy to rapturous audiences in Austria and Germany. After his love for his 'Eternally Beloved' is finally consigned to the past, Beethoven's return to Vienna in 1813 marks the advent of a gloriously creative period, and we see him discover renewed artistic purpose amid a city celebrating the defeat of Napoleon. Meticulously researched yet told in a vividly readable style, everything in the novel is true: there is nothing that could not have happened. It is a story as immortal as the music itself.

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Recensione:

Suchet's achievement is masterly, bringing Beethoven and the Vienna of his day convincingly to life (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

The heart-shaking story of genius and passionate loneliness is brilliantly researched and lovingly told (MAIL ON SUNDAY)

The overall effect is convincing. Beethoven's music is our soul, and here is a readable and sensitive account of how this music came about. (TLS)

Beethoven's raison d'etre- his compositions- come to life thanks to Suchet's passionate descriptons the first performances of some of Ludwig's great works. Ideally read while listening to some of the symphonies. (BELFAST TELEGAPH)

Descrizione del libro:

Concluding third volume of award-winning television journalist's monumental fictional biography of Ludwig van Beethoven.

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• Editore: Little, Brown
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0316648221
• ISBN 13: 9780316648226
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 416