Beethoven: A Documentary Study
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Book: Fair
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
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Few figures in the history of Western music loom as large or as luminously as Ludwig van Beethoven, and Beethoven: A Documentary Study presents an unparalleled portrait of the composer through primary sources, rare illustrations, and meticulous scholarship. Compiled and edited by the distinguished musicologist H.C. Robbins Landon, this landmark volume assembles letters, contemporary accounts, portraits, and documents that together reconstruct the world of a genius whose life was as dramatic and turbulent as his symphonies. With 121 illustrations — 34 in colour — the work is as visually commanding as it is intellectually rigorous, offering readers an intimate proximity to Beethoven that no conventional biography could achieve. Robbins Landon, celebrated for his exhaustive archival research and his authoritative works on Haydn and the Viennese classical tradition, brings to this volume the same forensic precision and narrative eloquence that define his finest scholarship. The result is a documentary mosaic that illuminates Beethoven not merely as a musical titan, but as a passionate, often tormented human being navigating deafness, unrequited love, and revolutionary artistic ambition. Whether you are a seasoned musicologist or an ardent admirer of classical music, this richly sourced compendium will leave you asking one enduring question: how much more of Beethoven's inner world remains yet to be discovered?
Author: H.C. Robbins Landon
Format: Hardback
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in the history of Western music loom as large or as luminously as Ludwig van Beethoven, and Beethoven: A Documentary Study presents an unparalleled portrait of the composer through primary sources, rare illustrations, and meticulous scholarship. Compiled and edited by the distinguished musicologist H.C. Robbins Landon, this landmark volume assembles letters, contemporary accounts, portraits, and documents that together reconstruct the world of a genius whose life was as dramatic and turbulent as his symphonies. With 121 illustrations — 34 in colour — the work is as visually commanding as it is intellectually rigorous, offering readers an intimate proximity to Beethoven that no conventional biography could achieve. Robbins Landon, celebrated for his exhaustive archival research and his authoritative works on Haydn and the Viennese classical tradition, brings to this volume the same forensic precision and narrative eloquence that define his finest scholarship. The result is a documentary mosaic that illuminates Beethoven not merely as a musical titan, but as a passionate, often tormented human being navigating deafness, unrequited love, and revolutionary artistic ambition. Whether you are a seasoned musicologist or an ardent admirer of classical music, this richly sourced compendium will leave you asking one enduring question: how much more of Beethoven's inner world remains yet to be discovered?