Book Cover of Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies

Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies

by Pitts Sanborn

George Grove, whose name now stands atop music scholarship’s most important resource (the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians), takes readers through the basic structure of each of Beethoven’s symphonies. Along the way, however, Grove provides wonderful accounts of episodes from Beethoven’s life, excerpts from his sketch books, important snatches from the grand conversation that was “Beethoven” in the nineteenth century, a taste of what archival research is like, and a strong dose of Romantic art religion. This is way more than the sum of its parts.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

German

Published In

1896

Author

Pitts Sanborn was born John Pitts Sanborn in Port Huron, Michigan. He dropped the "John" for most of his professional career. After graduating Harvard in 1900, he established himself as a music critic...

More on Pitts Sanborn

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

The Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods Cover image

The Art of Music - Volume 01: The Pre-Classic Periods by The National Society of Music

Volume 1 in the "The Art of Music" series, published by the National Society of Music. This first volume covers the "Pre-Classic periods", from early...

The Woman of the Wood Cover image

The Woman of the Wood by Abraham Merritt

The story follows a group of adventurers who set out to find a mysterious woman who is said to live in the heart of a dark and dangerous forest. Set...

The Lost World Cover image

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1912, concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon...

Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair Cover image

Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris

In a world of magic and adventure, a young boy named Christopher sets out on a quest to find his true home and the love of his life. Child Christophe...

The Human Chord Cover image

The Human Chord by Algernon Blackwood

The following sets the tone for this work of weird fiction: "Numbers of strange people advertised in the newspapers, he knew, just as numbers of stran...

Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas Cover image

Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas by Various

Britten's operas are firmly established in the international repertoire: according to Operabase, they are performed worldwide more than those of any o...

How to Listen to Music  Cover image

How to Listen to Music by Henry Krehbiel

This book is "not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art". It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instrument...

The Art of Music - Volume 02: Classicism and Romanticism Cover image

The Art of Music - Volume 02: Classicism and Romanticism by The National Society of Music

It is a comprehensive guide to the music of the Classical and Romantic periods. It was written by The National Society of Music, a group dedicated to...

The Wood Beyond the World  Cover image

The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris

When the wife of Golden Walter betrays him for another man, he leaves home on a trading voyage to avoid the necessity of a feud with her family.

Stonehenge, a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids Cover image

Stonehenge, a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids by William Stukeley

Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England never fails to amaze and fascinate; and has been the subject of speculation, research and investigation for centuries...

Reviews for Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies

No reviews posted or approved, yet...