The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824

Informationen zum Autor Harvey Sachs is a writer and music historian. His many books include standard biographies of Arturo Toscanini and Arthur Rubinstein, Music in Fascist Italy and Virtuoso . His most recent work is The Letters of Arturo Toscanini , which he compiled, translated and edited, and he assisted Plácido Domingo and Sir Georg Solti with their memoirs. He has written for many major journals and newspapers including the Times Literary Supplement , Guardian, Observer , Gramophone , BBC Music Magazine, New Yorker , New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Klappentext A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. This memoir explains how the premiere of Beethoven's staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time. In The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 , Harvey Sachs takes an absorbing look at Beethoven's towering Ninth Symphony , and its vibrant historical context. Zusammenfassung A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. This memoir explains how the premiere of Beethoven's staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time.

Product details

• Authors: Harvey Sachs
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.08.2011
• EAN: 9780571221462
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22146-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Art music, orchestral & formal music, Composers; Europe; Musicology; Romantics, Art music, orchestral and formal music