Beethoven's Symphonies: An Artistic Vision

by Lewis Lockwood

Book Overview

More than any other composer, Beethoven left to posterity a vast body of material that documents the early stages of almost everything he wrote. From this trove of sketchbooks, Lewis Lockwood draws us into the composer's mind, unveiling a creative process of astonishing scope and originality. For musicians and nonmusicians alike, Beethoven's symphonies stand at the summit of artistic achievement, loved today as they were two hundred years ago for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039307644X
• ISBN13: 9780393076448
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"