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"With unprecedented access to the archives at the Beethoven House in Bonn, ... Beethoven conductor and scholar Jan Caeyers ... weaves together a deeply human and complex image of Beethoven--his troubled youth, his unpredictable mood swings, his desires, relationships, and conflicts with family and friends, the mysteries surrounding his affair with the 'immortal beloved, ' and the dramatic tale of his deafness. Caeyers also offers new insights into Beethoven's music and its gradual transformation from the work of a skilled craftsman into that of a consummate artist"--Publisher marketing.
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Beethoven, A Life, Jan Caeyers
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- 2022
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- Title
- Beethoven, A Life
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jan Caeyers
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0520390210
- ISBN13
- 9780520390218
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Music Theme, Music, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Society, History of Europe, Austria, Diseases, Vienna, Artists, Classical Music
- Original title
- Beethoven
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- "With unprecedented access to the archives at the Beethoven House in Bonn, ... Beethoven conductor and scholar Jan Caeyers ... weaves together a deeply human and complex image of Beethoven--his troubled youth, his unpredictable mood swings, his desires, relationships, and conflicts with family and friends, the mysteries surrounding his affair with the 'immortal beloved, ' and the dramatic tale of his deafness. Caeyers also offers new insights into Beethoven's music and its gradual transformation from the work of a skilled craftsman into that of a consummate artist"--Publisher marketing.