Ludwig Van Beethoven: Approaches to His Music

by Carl Dahlhaus

Book Overview

Many books have been written about Beethoven. But it is rare to find one that seeks an alternative between the fragmentation found in most specialized studies and the superficial overview typical of popular biography. In this volume, Carl Dahlhaus, one of the century's leading musicologists, combines interpretations of individual works that focus on issues of composition and musical history, with excursions into the musical aesthetics of the period...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198163991
• ISBN13: 9780198163992
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"