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The first four notes : Beethoven's fifth and the human imagination / by Matthew Guerrieri. |
| Authors: | Guerrieri, Matthew. |
| Call number: | 780.91 Beethoven GUE |
| Publisher: | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. |
| Publication date: | 2012. |
| Subject: |
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Appreciation. |
| Title: | The first four notes : Beethoven's fifth and the human imagination / by Matthew Guerrieri. |
| Additional title: | Beethoven's fifth and the human imagination |
| Physical description: | xiii, 359 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents note: | Revolutions -- Fates -- Infinities -- Associations -- Secret remedies -- Earthquakes -- Samples. |
| Summary note: | "Music critic Matthew Guerrieri reaches back before Beethoven's time to examine what might have influenced him in writing his Fifth Symphony, and forward into our own time to describe the ways in which the Fifth has, in turn, asserted its influence."-- Publisher's description. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-347) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307593283 0307593282 |
| LCCN: | 2012019886 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1406026 |
| Bib No.: | 1406026 |