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Demonstrates how political events shaped Beethoven's music, from his early enthusiasm for the French Revolution to his later entrenchment during the Napoleonic era.

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"A brilliant and unfailingly provocative reading of Beethoven's music. Rumph challenges and refines our views of the subject, reinterpreting overly familiar music in striking new ways. Wonderful critical observations abound; the author writes with great imagination and flair." - Scott Burnham, author of Beethoven Hero"

Table of Contents
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Kingdom Not of This World 2. The Heroic Sublime 3. Promethean History 4. 1809 5. Contrapunctus I: Prelude and Fugue 6. Contrapunctus II: Double Fugue 7. Androgynous Utopias 8. Vox Populi, Vox Dei 9. A Modernist Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index

Beethoven after Napoleon

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/15/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520238558, 978-0520238558
      ISBN10: 0520238559

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Demonstrates how political events shaped Beethoven's music, from his early enthusiasm for the French Revolution to his later entrenchment during the Napoleonic era.

      Trade Review
      "A brilliant and unfailingly provocative reading of Beethoven's music. Rumph challenges and refines our views of the subject, reinterpreting overly familiar music in striking new ways. Wonderful critical observations abound; the author writes with great imagination and flair." - Scott Burnham, author of Beethoven Hero"

      Table of Contents
      Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Kingdom Not of This World 2. The Heroic Sublime 3. Promethean History 4. 1809 5. Contrapunctus I: Prelude and Fugue 6. Contrapunctus II: Double Fugue 7. Androgynous Utopias 8. Vox Populi, Vox Dei 9. A Modernist Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index

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