Beethoven's Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (820 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072DTKV49 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 579 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorJames Hamilton-Paterson is one of Britain's most distinguished-and reclusive-writers. His novel Gerontius won a Whitbread Prize and his many books include the bestselling Empire of the Clouds, Marked for Death and Music: Stories. A travel writer, memoirist, poet, and award-winning novelist, Hamilton-Paterson is also an accomplished musician. He now lives in Austria.
James Hamilton-Paterson is one of Britain's most distinguished-and reclusive-writers. His novel Gerontius won a Whitbread Prize and his many books include the bestselling Empire of the Clouds, Marked for Death and Music: Stories. He now lives in Austria.. A travel writer, memoirist, poet, and award-winning novelist, Hamilton-Paterson is also an accomplished musician
An ode to Beethoven's revolutionary masterpiece, his Third Symphony In 1805, the world of music was startled by an avant-garde and explosive new work. Even the whiff of actual political revolution was woven into the work-it was originally inscribed to Napoleon Bonaparte, a dangerous hero for a composer dependent on conservative royal patronage. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven's Third Symphony, the "Eroica," rudely broke the mold of the Viennese Classical symphony and revealed a powerful new expressiveness, both personal and societal. With the first two stunning chords of the "Eroica," classical music was transformed.In Sinfonia Eroica, James Hamilton-Paterson reconstructs this great moment in Western culture, the shock of the music and the symphony's long afterlife.