Beethoven’s Skull: Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Classical Music and Beyond by Tim RaybornRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3,8 MBOverview: Beethoven’s Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it […]
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces by Laura TunbridgeRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 6.2MBOverview: The iconic image of Beethoven is of him as a lone genius: hair wild, fists clenched, and brow furrowed. Beethoven may well have shaped the music of the future, but he was also a product of his time, influenced by the people, […]
Beethoven & Freedom by Daniel K. L. ChuaRequirements: .ePUB reader, 10 MBOverview: Over the last two centuries, Beethoven’s music has been synonymous with the idea of freedom, in particular a freedom embodied in the heroic figure of Prometheus. This image arises from a relatively small circle of heroic works from the composer’s middle period, most […]
Beethoven’s French Piano: A Tale of Ambition and Frustration by Tom BeghinRequirements: .PDF reader, 12 MBOverview: Using a replica of Beethoven’s Erard piano, scholar and performer Tom Beghin launches a striking reinterpretation of a key period of Beethoven’s work. In 1803 Beethoven acquired a French piano from the Erard Frères workshop in Paris. The composer […]
Ludwig van Beethoven: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Mark Evan BondsRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.4 MBOverview: Proposes a new way of listening to Beethoven by understanding his music as an expression of his entire self, not just the iconic scowl Despite the ups and downs of his personal life and professional career – […]