Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
Jan Swafford
Jan 2015 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Michael Prichard
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Jan Swafford’s biographies have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being who composed some of the world’s most iconic music.
Swafford mines sources never before used in English-language biographies to reanimate the revolutionary ferment of Enlightenment-era Bonn, where Beethoven grew up and imbibed the ideas that would shape all of his future work. Swafford then tracks his subject to Vienna, capital of European music, where Beethoven built his career in the face of critical incomprehension, crippling ill health, romantic rejection, and "fate's hammer," his ever-encroaching deafness.
Swafford mines sources never before used in English-language biographies to reanimate the revolutionary ferment of Enlightenment-era Bonn, where Beethoven grew up and imbibed the ideas that would shape all of his future work. Swafford then tracks his subject to Vienna, capital of European music, where Beethoven built his career in the face of critical incomprehension, crippling ill health, romantic rejection, and "fate's hammer," his ever-encroaching deafness.
Jan Swafford’s biographies have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being who composed some of the world’s most ico...
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Jan Swafford is a preeminent composer and music scholar, as well as the bestselling author of The Vintage Guide to Classical Music. A regular contributor to Slate, the Guardian, and the Boston Globe, he lives in Medford, Massachusetts.
Michael Prichard has recorded well over five hundred audiobooks and was named one of SmartMoney magazine's Top Ten Golden Voices. His numerous awards and accolades include an Audie Award and several AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Jan Swafford is a preeminent composer and music scholar, as well as the bestselling author of The Vintage Guide to Classical Music. A regular contributor to Slate, the Guardian, and the Boston Globe, he lives in Medford, Massachusetts.
Michael Prichard has recorded well over five hundred audioboo...
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