Beethoven
Subtitle: his life & music
By: Jeremy Siepmann
Publisher: Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781402207518
Subjects: Composers; Biography
Description: Chronicles the life of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven and presents two CDs of music spanning his career.
Notes: Originally published: UK : Naxos Books, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Beethoven in his time; title: The ascendancy; title: Beethoven and the piano; title: Crisis; title: Chamber music (1) : mixed families; title: The hero; title: Beethoven and the human voice; title: The immortal beloved; title: Beethoven and the orchestra; title: Kidnapped; title: Beethoven in the theatre; title: The master; title: Chamber music (2) : strings alone; title: Finale; title: Epilogue : The truly immortal beloved; title: The eighteenth-century background; title: The nineteenth-century foreground; title: Personalities.