Beethoven's Ninth : a political history / Esteban Buch ; translated by Richard Miller.
Beethoven's Ninth : a political history / Esteban Buch ; translated by Richard Miller.
Beethoven's Ninth : a political history / Esteban Buch ; translated by Richard Miller.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
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Date
2003.
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N784.2184/17
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English
French
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Physical content
327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : The states of joy -- The birth of modern political music. God save the King and the Handel cult ; La Marseillaise and the "Supreme Being" ; The Ode to joy and the Emperor's anthem ; Beethoven and the Concert of Europe ; The Ninth symphony -- Political reception of the Ode to joy ; The...
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
Buch shows us how the symphony has been "deployed" throughout nearly two centuries, and in the course of this exploration offers what was described by one French reviewer as "a fundamental examination of the moral value of art." Sensitive and fascinating, this account of the tangled political existence of a symphony is a rare book that shows the li...
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Beethoven's Ninth : a political history / Esteban Buch ; translated by Richard Miller.
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Translation of: La neuvième de Beethoven.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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Translation of: La neuvième de Beethoven.
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N784.2184/17
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ISBN
0226078124 :
9780226078120 (alk. paper)
0226078124 (alk. paper)
9780226078120 (cased.) :
0226078124 (cased.) :
9780226078120 :
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784.2184
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991016462749702626
