The life of Beethoven / David Wyn Jones.
The life of Beethoven / David Wyn Jones.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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T0362946
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English
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Physical content
xii, 204 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. The young courtier -- 2. A new career in Vienna -- 3. Cursing his creator and his existence -- 4. Drama and symphony -- 5. Patrons and patriotism -- 6. Empires of the mind -- 7. Towards a public comeback -- 8. Facing death.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
"Beethoven was an inspired composer but he was also a working musician with sound commercial sense. David Wyn Jones's account of Beethoven the man and composer reveals the life of a creative musician in Bonn and Vienna in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. While paying due regard to the image of Beethoven as one of the most single-...
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The life of Beethoven / David Wyn Jones.
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Musical lives.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-193) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 780.92/B415/27.
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T0362946
Record Identifier
74VvzKv2xymb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvzKv2xymb
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ISBN
0521568781 (pbk.)
9780521560191 (hardback)
0521560195 (hardback)
9780521568784 (paperback)
0521568781 (paperback)
9780521560191(cased) :
0521560195(cased) :
9780521568784(pbk.) :
0521568781(pbk.) :
9780521560191 (hbk.)
0521560195 (hbk.)
9780521568784 (pbk.)
DDC
780.92
MMS ID
991009355809702626
