{"product_id":"beethoven-after-napoleon-9780520238558","title":"Beethoven after Napoleon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemonstrates how political events shaped Beethoven's music, from his early enthusiasm for the French Revolution to his later entrenchment during the Napoleonic era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents 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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359047188823,"sku":"9780520238558","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520238558.jpg?v=1754123365","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beethoven-after-napoleon-9780520238558","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}