Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony

Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is in many ways his most startlingly original. It has a programmatic content, it is in five movements, and its mood is quite different from the usual barnstorming image of the composer. Why did he want to compose such a work? Why did it take him five years to realize his vision? What was he hoping to communicate? How did he achieve it? Finally, how was the work received? David Wyn Jones addresses all these vital questions in a fascinating account of this popular work and the context in which it was written.

Author: David Wyn Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/26/1996
Pages: 114
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.79h x 5.63w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780521450744

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