Beethoven's Lives: The Biographical Tradition

by Lewis Lockwood

Beethoven's Lives will be required reading for anyone interested in understanding how Beethoven biography has evolved through the ages.

When Ludwig van Beethoven died in March 1827, the world of music felt an intense loss. The composer's funeral procession was one of the largest Vienna had ever witnessed, and the poet Franz Grillparzer's eulogy brought the tensions between the composer's life and music into sharp focus: the deaf and aloof...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783275510
• ISBN13: 9781783275519
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"