| Title | : | Beethoven's Eroica |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | James Hamilton-Paterson |
| Release | : | 2017-12-05 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Music, Books, Arts & Entertainment, Biographies & Memoirs |
| Size | : | 32198863 |
| 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. |
