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Solomon, Maynard.

Beethoven / Maynard Solomon.

2nd, rev. ed.

New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, ©1998.

xxii, 554 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, discussing his life, music, and career.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Composers -- Austria -- Biography.

Composers -- Germany -- Biography.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-518) and indexes.

Bonn. Family background -- Childhood -- The second decade -- Last years in Bonn : enlightenment -- The music -- Vienna : early years. A pianist and his patrons -- Haydn -- Portrait of a young composer -- Vienna : city of dreams -- The music -- The heroic period. Crisis and creativity -- The heroic decade (1) -- Bonaparte : the crisis of belief -- The heroic decade (2) -- The immortal beloved -- The music -- The final phase. The dissolution of the heroic style -- Beethoven and his nephew -- Portrait of an aging composer -- Reconstruction -- The return to Bonn -- The music.

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