Beethoven

by Solomon, Maynard

• ISBN13: 9780825672682
• ISBN10: 0825672686
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books

Summary

Hailed as a masterpiece for its original interpretations of Beethoven's life and music, this edition takes into account the latest information and literature. Includes a 30-page bibliographical essay, numerous illustrations, and a full-color pictorial biography of the composer.

Author Biography

Maynard Solomon is the author of four books on Beethoven. He is a three-time winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Mr. Solomon has been a visiting professor of music at Columbia, Harvard, and Yale universities and is on the graduate faculty of the Juilliard School of Music. He is also a scholarly advisor to the Beethoven Archive in Bonn

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition	ix
Introduction to the Revised Edition	xv
Acknowledgments	xx
I. BONN
Family Background	3	(18)
Childhood	21	(12)
The Second Decade	33	(14)
Last Years in Bonn: Enlightenment	47	(16)
The Music	63	(14)
II. VIENNA: EARLY YEARS
A Pianist and His Patrons	77	(12)
Haydn	89	(16)
Portrait of a Young Composer	105	(16)
Vienna: City of Dreams	121	(6)
The Music	127	(18)
III. THE HEROIC PERIOD
Crisis and Creativity	145	(18)
The Heroic Decade (I)	163	(10)
Bonaparte: The Crisis of Belief	173	(14)
The Heroic Decade (II)	187	(20)
The Immortal Beloved	207	(40)
The Music	247	(34)
IV. THE FINAL PHASE
The Dissolution of the Heroic Style	281	(16)
Beethoven and His Nephew	297	(34)
Portrait of an Aging Composer	331	(12)
Reconstruction	343	(16)
The ``Return'' to Bonn	359	(26)
The Music	385	(42)
Abbreviations	427	(4)
Notes	431	(55)
Selected Bibliography	486	(33)
Index of Compositions	519	(8)
Index	527