Anna Harwell Celenza

Beethoven's Heroic Symphony

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Discover the little-known story of Beethoven's beloved masterwork. As the best pianist in Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven had everything: talent, money, fame. But he also had a terrible secret. He was slowly going deaf. Though his hearing deserted him, the maestro never lost his music. Seeking inspiration for his compositions, Beethoven hit upon Napoleon Bonaparte, then considered a liberator and a folk hero. Soon after Beethoven completed the work, Napoleon declared himself Emperor of France; betrayed and enraged, Beethoven tore his copy of the score to pieces. But his friend Ferdinand rescued a copy, and in time, Beethoven renamed it Eroica: t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Kitchel, Joann E.

ISBN: 978-1-58089-530-9
EAN: 9781580895309
Produktnummer: 19627730
Verlag: Penguin Putnam
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 32 S.
Masse: 567 g
Gewicht: 567
Sonstiges: Ab 6 - 9 J.

Über den Autor

Anna Harwell Celenza is a musicologist and the author of several books for children including SAINT-SAEN'S DANSE MACABRE, MUSSORGSKY'S PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, and GERSHWIN'S RHAPSODY IN BLUE. Anna lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and is a professor of music at Georgetown University.