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Beethoven's Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony

Beethoven's Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony

Hamilton-Paterson, James

Hardcover

MusiciansClassical MusicMusic Instruction: General

ISBN10: 1541697367
ISBN13: 9781541697362
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: Dec 5 2017
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
An ode to Beethoven's revolutionary masterpiece, his Third Symphony

In 1805, the world of music was startled by an avant-garde and explosive new work. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven's Third Symphony, the Eroica, rudely broke the mold of the Viennese Classical symphony and revealed a powerful new expressiveness, both personal and societal. Even the whiff of actual political revolution was woven into the work-it was originally inscribed to Napoleon Bonaparte, a dangerous hero for a composer dependent on conservative royal patronage. With the first two stunning chords of the Eroica, classical music was transformed.

In Beethoven's Eroica, James Hamilton-Paterson reconstructs this great moment in Western culture, the shock of the music and the symphony's long afterlife.

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