beethoven, ludwig van

The author examines the literary, artistic, and social movements from the time of Beethoven's unveiling of his Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, which he analyzes as containing themes of equality and redemption as a Romantic challenge to conservatism in Europe at the time; and provides a close reading of the musical score itself, with a description of the social event of its presentation in Vienna.

An illustrated introduction to eighteenth-century German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, discussing the influences and historical events that shaped his life and work.

The letters that ten-year-old Christoph and his uncle exchange show how Christoph's feelings for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric boarder that shares his house, change from anger and embarrassment to compassion and admiration.

The story of a great musician who was deaf yet composed magnificent sonatas, symphonies, and chamber music. Also describes European politics during his life.

After her mother dies, teenager Josie seeks the comfort of her guitar, but when an accident occurs at her father's genetics lab, the result is something for her to focus on instead.

Beethoven was a genius so universal that his popularity, extraordinary even during his lifetime, has never ceased to grow. It now encircles the globe: Beethoven's most famous works are as beloved in Beijing as they are in Boston. Biographer Morris brings the composer to life as a man of astonishing complexity and overpowering intelligence. A gigantic, compulsively creative personality unable to tolerate constraints, he was not so much a social rebel as an astute manipulator of powerful and privileged aristocrats, at a time when their world was threatened by the rise of Napoleon. Struggling against progressive, incurable deafness (which he desperately tried to keep secret), he nonetheless produced towering masterpieces. Morris illuminates Beethoven's life, including his interactions with the women he privately lusted for but held at bay, and his work, whose grandeur and beauty were conceived "on the other side of silence."--From publisher description.

Text and illustrations describe the life and work of Beethoven and the world in which he lived.

A brief biography of the German musician who composed some of his greatest works after he became deaf.

Presents a biography of late eighteenth-century German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, and chronicles his childhood, his extraordinary achievements in his music, and his struggles with incurable deafness.