Displaying 1 of 1 1998 Format: Book Author: Solomon, Maynard. Title: Beethoven / Maynard Solomon. Edition: 2nd, rev. ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, ©1998. Description: xxii, 554 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm Summary: Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, discussing his life, music, and career. Subjects: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Composers -- Austria -- Biography. Composers -- Germany -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-518) and indexes. Contents: 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. LCCN: 97051363 ISBN: 0028647173 9780028647173 0965877159 9780965877152 0825672686 9780825672682 Other Number: 38106085 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 113008 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 780.92 Beethove Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
