The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 - Rilegato

Sachs, Harvey

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ISBN 10: 0571221459 ISBN 13: 9780571221455

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2010

Riassunto

A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence, Delacroix's painting of the Turkish massacre of Greeks at Chios and Pushkin's anti-tyrannical play Boris Godunov all signalled that the desire for freedom was not dead. And all of these works and events were part of the flowering of the High Romantic period.

In The Ninth, eminent music historian and biographer Harvey Sachs employs memoir, anecdote and his vast knowledge of history to explain how the premiere of Beethoven's staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time - a work of art unlike any other - and a magisterial, humanistic statement that remains a challenge down to our own day and for future generations.

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Descrizione del libro:

An absorbing look at Beethoven's towering Ninth Symphony, and its vibrant historical context.

L'autore:

Harvey Sachs is a writer and music historian. His most recent work is The Letters of Arturo Toscanini, and he assisted Plácido Domingo and Sir Georg Solti with their memoirs. He has written for many major journals and newspapers including the Times Literary Supplement, Guardian, Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, New Yorker and the New York Times.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0571221459
• ISBN 13: 9780571221455
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208