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The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 (Hardback)
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Short Description for The NinthExplains how the premiere of Beethoven's staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time - a work of art unlike any other - and a magisterial, humanistic statement that remains a challenge down to our own day and for future generations.
Full description- Publisher: Faber and Faber
- Published: 17 June 2010
- Format: Hardback 208 pages
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- Categories: Western Classical Music | Classical Music (c 1750 To C 1830)
- ISBN 13: 9780571221455 ISBN 10: 0571221459
- Sales rank: 139,467
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Full description for The Ninth
A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence, Delacroix's painting of the Turkish massacre of Greeks at Chios and Pushkin's anti-tyrannical play Boris Godunov all signalled that the desire for freedom was not dead. And all of these works and events were part of the flowering of the High Romantic period. In "The Ninth", eminent music historian and biographer Harvey Sachs employs memoir, anecdote and his vast knowledge of history to explain how the premiere of Beethoven's staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time - a work of art unlike any other - and a magisterial, humanistic statement that remains a challenge down to our own day and for future generations.
