Author:
Bonds, Mark Evan, author.
ImprintNew York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Descriptionix, 147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note:The Scowl -- The Life -- Ideals -- Deafness -- Love -- Money -- Politics -- Composing -- Early-Middle-Late -- The Music -- "Beethoven".
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-136) and index.
Note:Beethoven's music expresses far more than just the iconic scowl we so often imagine when listening to his works. In this fresh perspective, Mark Evan Bonds proposes a new way of hearing Beethoven's music as a series of variations on the composer's entire self, not just his scowling self.
