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George Grove

 
9780486203348: Beethoven And His 9 Symphonies. Reference Book. (Dover Books on Music)

Synopsis

This classic of music analysis by a noted musicologist offers revealing insights into Beethoven's personality and music. George Grove, the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, interweaves fascinatingbackground information on the composer's historical era with quotations, letters, and anecdotes. He examines the nine symphonies in chronological order, movement by movement, illustrating his points with numerous excerpts — morethan 400 in all.

In addition to emphasizing the uniqueness of Beethoven's music and its iconoclastic renunciation of established musical theory, Grove comments at length on the relation of the symphonies to the minorworks,events in the composer's personal life, the conditions under which he worked, and other fascinating details. Examples of Beethoven's correspondence include several letters to the Countess Theresa and the famous letter to hisbrothers Carl and Johann.

Reprint of the Novello, Ewer and Company, 1898 edition.

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About the Author

George Grove (1820-1900) was an English writer on music and the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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