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Beethoven: The Music and the Life (Hardcover)

by L Lockwood (Author) "Bonn, Beethoven's birthplace, was and is in essence a small town in Germany ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; 1 edition (11 Mar 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0393050815
ISBN-13: 978-0393050813
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.8 x 4.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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In this interpretation of the composer's life and works, Beethoven scholar Lewis Lockwood interweaves the composer's musical and biographical dimensions and places them in their historical and artistic contexts. Written for the lay reader, this book explores the special problems that Beethoven faced as an artist who fulfilled his destiny as Mozart's sucessor while remaining a true, rebellious original. It uncovers the artistic challenges that Beethoven set for himself and shows how they were fulfilled in his compositions. In this way, Lockwood develops a new interpretation of the composer's character that puts to rest the "heroic" model as the only basis for understanding Beethoven's career. While taking the latest scholarship fully into account, Lockwood presents the reader with a portrait of the composer that is based principally on his artistic achievements.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ideally suited for the Beethoven Buff, 8 April 2008

By	Mart Music (Essex, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Being a Research Professor of Music at Harvard University I'm sure makes Lewis Lockwood, the author of this book, well qualified to write with great authority about Beethoven. I'm sometimes concerned though that such academic attributes make for heavy reading, but the sleeve comments state that `no musical expertise is required' so I approached this book expecting an in-depth account of Beethoven and his often turbulent life, rather than a detailed note-by-note dissection of his works. I was pleased to find my expectations were met.

The book divides Beethoven's life into four sections:

The Early years - 1770 to 1792
The First Maturity - 1792 to 1802
The Second Maturity - 1802 - 1812
The Final Maturity - 1813 to 1827

Each section covers not only those works written during these periods but discusses too the social and political events which influenced the composer and his compositions. As well as covering the obvious issues like his struggle with deafness and failed love attempts, the book goes into great depth in such areas as the ninth symphony and the final string quartets.

There's also a couple of useful chapters, one is a chronology - approx 1 paragraph per year of Beethoven's life, the other is an index of his entire works ordered by Opus number including references to pages in the book which discuss those works.

I found this an absorbing book which is aimed perhaps at the reader who already has a reasonable knowledge of Beethoven and his music. At times it's a little bit heavy going, but I hesitate to agree with sleeve comments such as `...the Beethoven biography for the intelligent reader' (Stanley Sadie - editor for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians) for such comments tend to alienate the Beethoven novice and reinforce the myth that classical music is for the intellectual elite.

A good book for the `serious' Beethoven fan, whatever their IQ.

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