Guerrieri Matthew - The First Four Notes Beethoven's Fifth And The Human Imagination - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012 A New Yorker Best Book of the Year Los Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the Year This revelatory book of music history examines what is perhaps the best known and most - popular symphony ever written and its famous four - note opening. Reaching back before Beethoven's time Matthew Guerrieri uncovers premonitions of the opening notes in the rhythms of ancient Greek poetry and the music of the French Revolution. He discusses the Fifth's impact when it premiered tracing the artistic philosophical and political reverberations across Europe to China Russia and the United States from Romanticism to ring tones from propaganda to pop. This fascinating piece of musical detective work is a treat for music lovers of every stripe.
Title: The First Four Notes Beethoven's Fifth And The Human Imagination
Author(s): Guerrieri Matthew
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780804170192
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 3/4/2014
Category: Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830)