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Based on the latest research, including Mozart family
correspondence recently released, this fully illustrated and
definitive portrait of one of the most revered yet enigmatic
figures of all time reveals heretofore unknown facets of Mozart's
complicated family background and explodes the myth of this musical
genius as the "eternal child". Photos & musical pieces.
These are the personal memories of an elderly man who, as a child,
was closely acquainted with Beethoven. Gerhard von Breuning, the
son of one of Beethoven's oldest friends, was a favourite of the
ageing composer, who delighted in the boy's frequent visits. This
firsthand account provides us with telling details about
Beethoven's daily life, his personality, and his relationships with
family and friends. It is as a clear-eyed witness of Beethoven's
final illness that Breuning is particularly compelling, providing
graphic reports on the atmosphere of the sickroom, the course of
the medical treatment and Beethoven's death throes after he
despaired both of his doctor and of his life and, muttering 'Oh,
that ass!', turned his face to the wall. This is an English
translation of a fascinating document. The Beethoven scholar,
Maynard Solomon, has provided many explanatory notes as well as a
full and informative introduction. A permanent contribution to the
Beethoven literature, this book provides a sensitive and unique
insight into the life of the composer during his later years.
Marxism and Art is a book of basic readings in Marxist criticism
and aesthetics. Maynard Solomon, through his selections and
critical introductions, shows connections between the arts and
society, between imagination nd history, and between art and
revolution. He selects from thirty-six authors to reveal the range
of opinion from dogma to heresy, beginning with excerpts from the
works of Marx and Engels that are pertinent to an understanding of
Marxist philosophy. The book traverses a wide range of subjects
from the origins of art to the nature of creativity, the aesthetic
experience, the dialectics of consciousness, the psychology of art,
and the evolution of art forms. The sources of art in ritual, in
the labor process, in the play drive, and in social conflict are
explored.
Maynard Solomon is the author of a classic biography of Beethoven
which has become a standard work throughout the world, having been
translated into seven languages. In Beethoven Essays, he continues
his exploration of Beethoven's inner life, visionary outlook, and
creativity, in a series of profound studies of this colossal figure
of our civilization. Solomon deftly fuses a variety of
investigative approaches, from rigorous historical and ideological
studies to imaginative musical and psychoanalytic speculations.
Thus, after closely documenting Beethoven's birth and illegitimacy
fantasies, his "Family Romance," and his pretense of nobility,
Solomon offers extraordinary interpretations of the composer's
dreams, deafness, and obsessive relationship to his nephew. And,
following his detailed uncovering of a complex network of recurrent
patterns in the Ninth Symphony, he considers the narrative and
mythic implications of Beethoven's formal design. Solomon examines
the broad patterns of Beethoven's creative evolution and processes
of composition, the radical modernism of his music, and his
intellectual, religious, and utopian strivings. A separate section
on the "Immortal Beloved" includes the fullest biography of Antonia
Brentano yet published. Closing the volume is Solomon's translation
and annotated edition of Beethoven's Tagebuch, the moving, intimate
diary that the composer kept during the critical period that
culminated in his last style. Here, as throughout Beethoven Essays,
Solomon offers scholarship that is at the cutting edge of Beethoven
research.
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