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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...
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Mystery based on the search for the identity of the one great love of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Following Beethoven's death, his mentor begins searching for Beethoven's one great love, which he alluded to in his last testament as his "immortal beloved."
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xv, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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lluminates Beethoven's difficult childhood, his struggle to find a wife, his ungovernable temper, his emotional volatility, his tendency to push away those trying to help him, and in middle age his obsessive compulsion to control his nephew's life.
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xxi, 1077 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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An esteemed music historian provides a rich, detailed overview of the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, traveling from Enlightenment-era Bonn to the musical capital of Europe, Vienna, to vividly describe the composer's career, ill health and romantic rejections.
8) Beethoven
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
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Complete with a 50-minute CD of excerpts from his most revered works, a picture book provides a comprehensive look at the life, times, inspirations, and accomplishments of one of the world's most celebrated composers.
9) Beethoven
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xvi, 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music, portraits ; 24 cm.
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xiii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Music critic Matthew Guerrieri reaches back before Beethoven's time to examine what might have influenced him in writing his Fifth Symphony, and forward into our own time to describe the ways in which the Fifth has, in turn, asserted its influence."--
12) Beethoven
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xxii, 554 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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At first, ten-year-old Christoph resents the eccentric boarder who enters his home, but slowly he comes to understand the torment of Ludwig van Beethoven's deafness, and appreciate his genius and the beauty of his music.
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4 videodiscs (449 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Hosted by Alistair Cooke and includes seven episodes featuring lectures, performances, and master classes from the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Includes: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1954), The World of Jazz (1955), The Art of Conducting (1955), American Musical Comedy (1956), Introduction to Modern Music (1957), and more.
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