The Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography

by Mark Evan Bonds

The "Beethoven Syndrome" is the inclination of listeners to hear music as the projection of a composer's inner self. This was a radically new way of listening that emerged only after Beethoven's death. Beethoven's music was a catalyst for this change, but only in retrospect, for it was not until after his death that listeners began to hear composers in general--and not just Beethoven--in their works, particularly in their instrumental music.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190068477
• ISBN13: 9780190068479
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"