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The Ninth - Beethoven and the World in 1824 (Paperback, Main)
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The Ninth - Beethoven and the World in 1824 (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R266
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A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had
given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a
watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of
Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for
independence, Delacroix's painting of the Turkish massacre of
Greeks at Chios and Pushkin's anti-tyrannical play Boris Godunov
all signalled that the desire for freedom was not dead. And all of
these works and events were part of the flowering of the High
Romantic period. In The Ninth, eminent music historian and
biographer Harvey Sachs employs memoir, anecdote and his vast
knowledge of history to explain how the premiere of Beethoven's
staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time - a work of art
unlike any other - and a magisterial, humanistic statement that
remains a challenge down to our own day and for future generations.
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