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Ebook: Beethoven’s Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony
Author: James Hamilton-Paterson
- Genre: Art // Music
- Tags: #Music, #Symphony, #Beethoven, #Eroica, #Musical Composition, #Biographies, #Appreciation, #Theory Composition & Performance, #History & Criticism, #Instruments, #Musical Genres, Theory Composition & Performance, #Arts & Photography, #Biographies & Memoirs, #Arts & Literature, #Ethnic & National, #Historical, #Leaders & Notable People, #Memoirs, #Professionals & Academics, #Reference & Collections
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Language: English
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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. 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.
About the Author: James Hamilton-Paterson is one of Britain's most distinguished-and reclusive-writers. A travel writer, memoirist, poet, and award-winning novelist, Hamilton-Paterson is also an accomplished musician. 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.
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