Dall'autrice del bestseller Darwin: A Life in Poems, la nuova collezione di Ruth Padel segue le orme di uno dei più grandi compositori del mondo, Beethoven, e indaga cosa la sua vita e la sua musica potrebbero significare per noi oggi. A duecentocinquant'anni dalla nascita di Beethoven, Ruth Padel intraprende una ricerca personale su di lui, ripercorrendo i suoi passi nell'Europa dilaniata dalla guerra all'inizio del diciannovesimo secolo, approfondendo la sua musica, le sue lettere, i suoi diari e i libri di conversazione che usava quando era sordo, per scoprire l'uomo dietro la leggenda. La sua ricerca, esplorando la vita di uno degli artisti più creativi mai esistiti, diventa più personale di quanto si aspetti, portandola alle fonti della sua creatività e musicalità. Proveniente da una famiglia profondamente musicale, i genitori di Padel si sono incontrati attraverso la musica e lei è cresciuta suonando musica da camera con la viola, lo strumento di Beethoven da bambina. Il nonno di suo padre, un pianista concertista nato al confine tra Germania e Danimarca, studiò a Lipsia con un amico di Beethoven prima di emigrare nel Regno Unito. Le poesie di questa illuminante biografia in versi evocano non solo la vita e la personalità di Beethoven, ma anche la sua stessa musica e il suo amore sia per la tradizione musicale europea a cui appartiene la famiglia di suo padre, sia per il continente stesso, l'Europa.
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Ruth Padel is a prize-winning poet, author of twelve acclaimed poetry collections and prose works including much-loved books on reading contemporary poetry, a travel-memoir on wild tiger conservation, and a study of the influence of Greek myth on rock music. Awards include a British Council Darwin Now Award, a Travel Bursary and Cholmondley Award from The Society of Authors, and First Prize in the National Poetry Competition. She is Professor of Poetry at King’s College London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. From the author of the bestselling Darwin- A Life in Poems, Ruth Padel's new collection follows in the footsteps of one of the world's greatest composers, Beethoven, and investigates what his life and music might mean to us todayFrom the author of the bestselling Darwin- A Life in Poems, Ruth Padel's new collection follows in the footsteps of one of the world's greatest composers, Beethoven, and investigates what his life and music might mean to us todayTwo hundred and fifty years since Beethoven was born, Ruth Padel goes on a personal search for him, retracing his steps through war-torn Europe of the early nineteenth century, delving into his music, letters, diaries and the conversation books he used when deaf, to uncover the man behind the legend. Her quest, exploring the life of one of the most creative artists who ever lived, turns more personal than she expects, taking her into the sources of her own creativity and musicality. From a deeply musical family herself, Padel's parents met through music, and she grew up playing chamber music on viola - Beethoven's instrument as a child. Her father's grandfather, a concert pianist born on the German-Danish border, studied in Leipzig with a friend of Beethoven before immigrating to the UK. The poems in this illuminating biography in verse conjure not only Beethoven's life and personality, but her own music-making and love both of the European music-making tradition to which her father's family belongs, and to the continent itself Europe. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781784742515
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Paperback. Condizione: New. From the author of the bestselling Darwin: A Life in Poems, Ruth Padel's new collection follows in the footsteps of one of the world's greatest composers, Beethoven, and investigates what his life and music might mean to us todayTwo hundred and fifty years since Beethoven was born, Ruth Padel goes on a personal search for him, retracing his steps through war-torn Europe of the early nineteenth century, delving into his music, letters, diaries and the conversation books he used when deaf, to uncover the man behind the legend. Her quest, exploring the life of one of the most creative artists who ever lived, turns more personal than she expects, taking her into the sources of her own creativity and musicality. From a deeply musical family herself, Padel's parents met through music, and she grew up playing chamber music on viola - Beethoven's instrument as a child. Her father's grandfather, a concert pianist born on the German-Danish border, studied in Leipzig with a friend of Beethoven before immigrating to the UK. The poems in this illuminating biography in verse conjure not only Beethoven's life and personality, but her own music-making and love both of the European music-making tradition to which her father's family belongs, and to the continent itself Europe. Codice articolo LU-9781784742515
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