Late Beethoven
Subtitle: Music, Thought, Imagination
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780520243392
Subjects: Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Composers & musicians; Genres & Styles - Classical; Biography / Autobiography; Music; Composers & Musicians - Classical Composers; History & Criticism - General; Music / General; Composers & Musicians - General
First sentence: Now may be an appropriate time to reexamine an old notion in the literature on the "Diabelli" Variations, namely that Beethoven, initially scornful of so impoverished a theme.