The possessor and the possessed
Subtitle: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and the idea of musical genius
By: Peter Kivy
Series: Yale series in the philosophy and theory of art; Yale series in the philosophy and theory of art
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780300087581
Subjects: Composers; Genialiteit; Génie (Aptitude); Histoire; Componisten; Création (Arts); Compositeurs; Genius; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Time out of Mind; title: II. Greatness of Mind; title: III. Breaking the Rule; title: IV. The Saxon or the Devil; title: V. The Genius and the Child; title: VI. The Little Man from Salzburg; title: VII. Giving the Rule; title: VIII. An Unlicked Bear; title: IX. Mozart's Second Childhood; title: X. Odd Men Out; title: XI. Beethoven Again; title: XII. Gendering Genius; title: XIII. Reconstructing Genius.