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Conversations with Beethoven

Author : Sanford Friedman
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590177886
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Beethoven written by Sanford Friedman and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the famous composer’s notebooks, this biographical novel offers “a perfect portrait of an irascible genius” and “revelatory fossils of the last year of Beethoven’s anguished life” (Edmund White) Deaf as he was, Beethoven had to be addressed in writing, and he was always accompanied by a notebook in which people could scribble questions and comments. In a tour de force fiction invention, Conversations with Beethoven tells the story of the last year of Beethoven’s life almost entirely through such notebook entries. Friends, family, students, doctors, and others attend to the volatile Maestro, whose sometimes unpredictable and often very loud replies we infer. A fully fleshed and often very funny portrait of Beethoven emerges. He struggles with his music and with his health; he argues with and insults just about everyone. Most of all, he worries about his wayward—and beloved—nephew Karl. A large cast of Dickensian characters surrounds the great composer at the center of this wonderfully engaging novel, which deepens in the end to make a memorable music of its own.

Beethoven's Conversation Books

Author : Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783271523
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Beethoven's Conversation Books written by Ludwig van Beethoven and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2018 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1.Nos. 1 to 8 (February 1818 to March 1820) --Volume 2.Nos. 9 to 16 (March 1820 to September 1820) --Volume 3.Nos. 17 to 31 (May 1822 to May 1823).

Absolutely on Music

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385354355
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Absolutely on Music written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their shared passion: music. Over the course of two years, Murakami and Ozawa discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from Bartók to Mahler, and from pop-up orchestras to opera. They listen to and dissect recordings of some of their favorite performances, and Murakami questions Ozawa about his career conducting orchestras around the world. Culminating in Murakami’s ten-day visit to the banks of Lake Geneva to observe Ozawa’s retreat for young musicians, the book is interspersed with ruminations on record collecting, jazz clubs, orchestra halls, film scores, and much more. A deep reflection on the essential nature of both music and writing, Absolutely on Music is an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of two maestros.

Beethoven

Author : Jan Swafford
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 061805474X
Total Pages : 1107 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Beethoven written by Jan Swafford and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 1107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive book on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven, written by the acclaimed biographer of Brahms and Ives.

The Beethoven Quartet Companion

Author : Robert Winter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520082113
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Beethoven Quartet Companion written by Robert Winter and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reading The Beethoven Quartet Companion made me want to listen to the quartets again from a new sociological as well as musical perspective. It is an invaluable guide not only for professional and amateur musicians but also for anyone who is curious about culture and wants to find out more."--Yo-Yo Ma "These essays are the most readable, useful, and well-informed commentary available today on these masterworks. Michael Steinberg's 'program notes' to each quartet, directed at once to the musical beginner and to the expert, are as eloquent and persuasive as popular writing about music can get. . . . His essays are followed by equally expert and accessible contributions by other masters on The Master, providing literate music lovers with the context and equipment for a richer enjoyment and clearer understanding of these sixteen unique conversations among two violins, a viola, and a cello."--David Littlejohn, author of The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera "A fine collection of essays to assist the music lover in the seemingly endless quest to illuminate the Beethoven string quartets."--Arnold Steinhardt, The Guarneri String Quartet "This book delivers on the implied promise of its title--it provides a lively, readable, and wide-ranging introduction to the quartets. Readers at many levels of experience will find it profitable."--Lewis Lockwood, author of Beethoven: Studies in the Creative Process

Letters, Journals and Conversations [of] (Beethoven)

Author : Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Letters, Journals and Conversations [of] (Beethoven) written by Ludwig van Beethoven and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beethoven, Letters, Journals, and Conversations

Author : Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500273241
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (732 download)

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Download or read book Beethoven, Letters, Journals, and Conversations written by Ludwig van Beethoven and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1951 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comments by contemporaries depict the composer's music and personality and accompany selections from his letters to friends and other artists

The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven

Author : Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beethoven's Lives

Author : Lewis Lockwood
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783275510
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Beethoven's Lives written by Lewis Lockwood and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With basic assumptions shared and (new) facts evolving over time, Lockwood claims, the Beethoven biographer's role has remained highly personal.

Conversations with Beethoven

Author : Sanford Friedman
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590177622
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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The First Four Notes

Author : Matthew Guerrieri
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804170193
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The First Four Notes written by Matthew Guerrieri and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012 A New Yorker Best Book of the Year Los Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the Year This revelatory book of music history examines what is perhaps the best known and most-popular symphony ever written—and its famous four-note opening. Reaching back before Beethoven’s time, Matthew Guerrieri uncovers premonitions of the opening notes in the rhythms of ancient Greek poetry and the music of the French Revolution. He discusses the Fifth’s impact when it premiered, tracing the artistic, philosophical, and political reverberations across Europe to China, Russia, and the United States, from Romanticism to ring tones, from propaganda to pop. This fascinating piece of musical detective work is a treat for music lovers of every stripe.

Beethoven in America

Author : Michael Broyles
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253357047
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Beethoven in America written by Michael Broyles and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines America's early reception to Beethoven, the use of his work and image in American music, movies, stage works, and other forms of popular culture, and related topics.

Welcome to the Symphony

Author : Carolyn Sloan
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0761176470
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the Symphony written by Carolyn Sloan and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using one of the most famous works in classical music—Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony—here is the perfect way to introduce a young child to the world of classical music. This charming and interactive picture book with its panel of 19 sound buttons is like a ticket to a concert hall, taking readers on a journey from the exciting first moment when the musicians begin tuning up to the end of the first movement (attention newcomers: don’t clap yet!). At each step of the way, readers learn the basics of classical music and the orchestra: What is a conductor? What is a symphony? Who was Beethoven? The different aspects of music: melody, harmony, tempo, theme. And the families of instruments—strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. But the best part is that every critical idea is illustrated in gorgeous sound. The sound panel allows readers to hear the different parts of the symphony and voices of the music—the famous beginning of the Fifth, what a clarinet sounds like, the difference between a violin and a viola, what a melody is, and what harmony is. Kids will want to match their voices to the A note that tunes the orchestra, dance to the rhythmic passages—and, of course, sing along to da-da-da-daah!

Conversations with Glenn Gould

Author : Glenn Gould
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226116239
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Glenn Gould written by Glenn Gould and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most idiosyncratic and charismatic musicians of the twentieth century, pianist Glenn Gould (1932–82) slouched at the piano from a sawed-down wooden stool, interpreting Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart at hastened tempos with pristine clarity. A strange genius and true eccentric, Gould was renowned not only for his musical gifts but also for his erratic behavior: he often hummed aloud during concerts and appeared in unpressed tails, fingerless gloves, and fur coats. In 1964, at the height of his controversial career, he abandoned the stage completely to focus instead on recording and writing. Jonathan Cott, a prolific author and poet praised by Larry McMurtry as "the ideal interviewer," was one of the very few people to whom Gould ever granted an interview. Cott spoke with Gould in 1974 for Rolling Stone and published the transcripts in two long articles; after Gould's death, Cott gathered these interviews in Conversations with Glenn Gould, adding an introduction, a selection of photographs, a list of Gould's recorded repertoire, a filmography, and a listing of Gould's programs on radio and TV. A brilliant one-on-one in which Gould discusses his dislike of Mozart's piano sonatas, his partiality for composers such as Orlando Gibbons and Richard Strauss, and his admiration for the popular singer Petula Clark (and his dislike of the Beatles), among other topics, Conversations with Glenn Gould is considered by many, including the subject, to be the best interview Gould ever gave and one of his most remarkable performances.

Conversations with Nadine Gordimer

Author : Nadine Gordimer
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9780878054459
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Nadine Gordimer written by Nadine Gordimer and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1990 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talks with the prize-winning author of Beethoven was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories, July's People, The Pickup, and many other book

Mr. Beethoven

Author : Paul Griffiths
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 168137580X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Beethoven written by Paul Griffiths and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize Based on the German composer's own correspondence, this inventive, counterfactual work of historical fiction imagines Beethoven traveling to America to write an oratorio based on the Book of Job. It is a matter of historical record that in 1823 the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston (active to this day) sought to commission Beethoven to write an oratorio. The premise of Paul Griffiths’s ingenious novel is that Beethoven accepted the commission and traveled to the United States to oversee its first performance. Griffiths grants the composer a few extra years of life and, starting with his voyage across the Atlantic and entry into Boston Harbor, chronicles his adventures and misadventures in a new world in which, great man though he is, he finds himself a new man. Relying entirely on historically attested possibilities to develop the plot, Griffiths shows Beethoven learning a form of sign language, struggling to rein in the uncertain inspiration of Reverend Ballou (his designated librettist), and finding a kindred spirit in the widowed Mrs. Hill, all the while keeping his hosts guessing as to whether he will come through with his promised composition. (And just what, the reader also wonders, will this new piece by Beethoven turn out to be?) The book that emerges is an improvisation, as virtuosic as it is delicate, on a historical theme.

The Joy of Music

Author :
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781574671049
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Joy of Music written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Amadeus). This classic work is perhaps Bernstein's finest collection of conversations on the meaning and wonder of music. This book is a must for all music fans who wish to experience music more fully and deeply through one of the most inspired, and inspiring, music intellects of our time. Employing the creative device of "Imaginary Conversations" in the first section of his book, Bernstein illuminates the importance of the symphony in America, the greatness of Beethoven, and the art of composing. The book also includes a photo section and a third section with the transcripts from his televised Omnibus music series, including "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony," "The World of Jazz," "Introduction to Modern Music," and "What Makes Opera Grand."