Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

by Alexander Rehding

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has held musical audiences captive for close to two centuries. Few other musical works hold such a prominent place in the collective imagination; each generation rediscovers the work for itself and makes it its own. Honing in on the significance of the symphony in contemporary culture, this book establishes a dialog between Beethoven's world and ours, marked by the earthshattering events of 1789 and of 1989. In particular,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190299703
• ISBN13: 9780190299705
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"