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  • Revival: Beethoven (1933)

    by Harvey Grace ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The original intention was that this book should be entirely biographical. If it be true, however, that out main interest is (or ought to be) in what a composer did rather than in what he was, the truth applies especially to Beethoven, and above all at the present time. The scheme of the book has therefore been modified so as to include a survey of his work. An attempt to make such survey cover ... Read more

    $86.99 USD

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1927)

    by Harvey Grace ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This volume was first published in 1927, on the centenary of Beethoven’s death, as part of the Masters of Music series. The author was an established biographer of organ composers, such as The Organ Works of Bach. Attributing Beethoven’s disagreeable demeanour to his childhood, the author embarks on a passionate defence of Beethoven’s essential nobility of character, hoping to assuage the then ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

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  • Beethoven

    Anguish and Triumph

    by Jan Swafford ...
    This "monumental" portrait of the man, his music, and the world in which he lived is "a truly remarkable biography" ( The Christian Science Monitor).Jan Swafford's biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, more than a decade in the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Mozart: The Man and the Artist

    by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...
    The German composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was not only a musical genius, but was also one of the pre-eminent geniuses of the Western world. He defined in his music a system of musical thought and an entire state of mind that were unlike any previously experienced. A true child prodigy, he began composing at age 5 and rapidly developed his unmistakable style; by 18 he was composing ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

    by Ludwig van Beethoven, Friedrich Kerst, Henry Edward Krehbiel ...
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent classical music figures of the Western world. This German musical genius created numerous works that are firmly entrenched in the repertoire. Except for a weakness in composing vocal and operatic music (to which he himself admitted, notwithstanding a few vocal works like the opera “Fidelio” and the song “Adelaide, ” ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Beethoven

    by George Alexander Fischer ...
    Chronicling the landmark events in Beethoven's life, this book enhances understanding of the composer's character, inspiring a deeper appreciation for his work.George Alexander Fischer illuminates the composer’s difficult childhood, his struggle to maintain friendships and romances, his ungovernable temper, his obsessive efforts to control his nephew’s life, and the excruciating decline of his ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • J.S. Bach - Volume 1

    by Albert Schweitzer ...
    A fantastic little book about Bach and the musical climate before and during his life, with a look at his continuing influence in music. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beethoven: His Life and Music

    by Jeremy Siepmann ...
    Beethoven bestrides the history of music like no other. Without him it would have been a very different story. This biographical portrait reveals a titanic personality, both vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all heroic, as he comes to grips with perhaps the greatest disability a musician can suffer. No mans music is more universal; few mens lives are more inspiring. Yet ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Great German Composers

    by George T. Ferris ...
    First published in 1878. Chapters cover: Bach, Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Web, Mendelssohn, and Wagner. ... Read more

    $1.15 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Letters of Franz Liszt: From Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso and from Rome to the End

    by Franz Liszt ...
    The Austrian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a pianistic miracle. He could play anything on site and composed over 400 works centered around "his" instrument. Among his key works are his Hungarian Rhapsodies, his Transcendental Etudes, his Concert Etudes, his Etudes based on variations of Paganinini's Violin Caprices and his Sonata, one of the most important of the nineteenth century. He also ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reflections on Liszt

    by Alan Walker ...
    In a series of lively essays that tell us much not only about the phenomenon that was Franz Liszt but also about the musical and cultural life of nineteenth-century Europe, Alan Walker muses on aspects of Liszt's life and work that he was unable to explore in his acclaimed three-volume biography of the great composer and pianist. Topics include Liszt's contributions to the Lied, the lifelong ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Beethoven: the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words

    by Friedrich Kerst ...
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent classical music figures of the Western world. This German musical genius created numerous works that are firmly entrenched in the repertoire. Except for a weakness in composing vocal and operatic music (to which he himself admitted, notwithstanding a few vocal works like the opera Fidelio and the song Adelaide,), ... Read more

    $2.99 USD