Format:
vii, 180 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele
Edition:
First U.S. edition
ISBN:
9781541697362
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1541697367
Uniform Title:
Eroica
Content:
"In 1805, the world of music was startled by an avant-garde and explosive new work. 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. 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. With the first two stunning chords of the "Eroica," classical music was transformed. In Beethoven's Eroica, James Hamilton-Paterson reconstructs this great moment in Western culture, the shock of the music and the symphony's long afterlife." -- Publisher's description
Note:
The boy from Bonn -- Vienna -- Prometheus -- Constructing a symphony -- Who was the real hero of the 'Eroica'? -- The reception of the 'Eroica' -- The symphonic ideal -- After 'Eroica.'
Additional Edition:
Reproduktion von Hamilton-Paterson, James Eroica
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Beethoven, Ludwig van Nr. 3 1770-1827 Sinfonien
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op. 55
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Bibliografie
Author information:
Hamilton-Paterson, James 1941-
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