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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Beethoven's political ideals, inspired by the French Revolution and Napoleon, radiate through his ground-breaking compositions.
Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in his hometown of Bonn, where they were fervently discussed in cafés and at the university. Moving to Vienna at the age of twenty-one to study with Haydn, he gained renown as a brilliant pianist and innovative composer. In that conservative city, capital of the Hapsburg...
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