Beethovens Lives: The Biographical Tradition Lockwood Lewis
Beethoven's Lives will be required reading for anyone interested in understanding how Beethoven biography has evolved through the ages.When Ludwig van Beethoven died in March 1827, the world of music…
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Beethoven's Lives will be required reading for anyone interested in understanding how Beethoven biography has evolved through the ages.When Ludwig van Beethoven died in March 1827, the world of music felt an intense loss. The composer's funeral procession was one of the largest Vienna had ever witnessed, and the poet Franz Grillparzer's eulogy brought the tensions between the composer's life and music into sharp focus: the deaf and aloof genius, the alienated and eccentric artist, unable to form a lasting relationship with a woman but reaching out to mankind. These apparent contradictionswere to attract many Beethoven biographers yet to come.Here, Lewis Lockwood, himself a much-lauded Beethoven biographer, tells the story of Beethoven biography, from the earliest attempts made directly after the composer's death to the present day. Beethoven's Lives casts a wide net,
Beethoven - Lockwood Lewis
Beethoven - Lockwood, Lewis
The Tradition
The Cosmopolitan Tradition
The Animals at Lockwood Manor
Treasuring the Tradition