Beethoven: The Music and the Life [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Lockwood, Lewis

Published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2003

About this Item

As new condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes List of Other Books by Lewis Lockwood; Author Dedication; List of Illustrations; Preface; Prologue: Youth, Maturity, Old Age: Three Letters; Notes; Chronology; Bibliography; Classified Index of Beethoven's Works; Index of Beethoven's Works by Opus Number; and General Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. "A magisterial work." - Joseph Kerman, New York Review of Books. "Mr. Lockwood writes with poetry and clarity - a rare combination. I especially enjoyed the connection that he makes between the works of Beethoven and the social and political context of their creation - we feel closer to Beethoven the man without losing our wonder at his genius." - Emanuel Ax, pianist. "Lockwood writes like an angel: lucid, enthusiastic, stirring and enlightening. Beethoven has found his ablest interpreter." Johathan Keates, The Spectator. "Impressive for both its scholarship and its fresh insights, this landmark work - fully accessible to the interested amateur - immediately takes its place among the essential references on this composer and his music." - KUSC FM 91.5. "Many books on one composer claim to examine life and music in detail, but few do so with greater clarity, insight, and imagination than this volume." - Choice. "The magnum opus of an illustrious Beethoven scholar. From now on, we will all turn to Lockwood's Beethoven: The Music and the Life for insight and instruction." - Maynard Solomon, author of Beethoven and Beethoven Essays. "This is truly the Beethoven biography for the intelligent reader . a deeply perceptive book that comes as close as can be to presenting the man and the music as a unity." - Stanley Sadie, editor, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lewis Lockwood, Fanny Peabody Research Professor of Music at Harvard University, is a world-renowned Beethoven scholar. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beethoven: The Music and the Life [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New