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xxii, 699 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music, portraits ; 21 cm
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English
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A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer looks at his daily life, his associates -- including his relationships with Robert Schumann, Clara Shumann, Richard Wagner, and Eduard Hanslick -- and his achievements as a composer.
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xxi, 1077 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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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.
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xvi, 810 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart's singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always hilarious. He went at every piece of his life, and perhaps most notably his social life, with tremendous gusto. His circle of friends...
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