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Beethoven : : Anguish and Triumph : a Biography

Swafford, Jan. Book - 2014 780.92 Be 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.7 out of 5

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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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PUBLISHED
New York, New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: xxi, 1077 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780618054749
061805474X

SUBJECTS
Beethoven, Ludwig van, -- 1770-1827.
Composers -- Germany -- Biography.