Description
Book SynopsisDemonstrates 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 ContentsContents 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
