The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven

by Antony Hopkins

Antony Hopkins was most instrumental in opening up classical music to a wider audience. To celebrate his 90th birthday in 2011 (21st March, same date as Bach but different year) we are republishing some of his works.

Genres: Music

302 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1981

About the author

Antony Hopkins CBE (21 March 1921 – 6 May 2014) was a composer, pianist, and conductor, as well as a writer and radio broadcaster. He was widely known for his books of musical analysis and for his radio programmes Talking About Music, broadcast by the BBC from 1954 for approaching 40 years, first on the Third Programme, later Radio 3, and then on Radio 4.--Wikipedia

Reviews

[Josiah Corea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Illuminating and lucid, this humble book was my first introduction to these marvelous works. Antony Hopkins excells in his descriptions of these pieces, providing a useful summary of each symphony without too much technical jargon.

[Joshua Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book to start in the 250th birthday year for Beethoven. Maybe not as illuminating as Lockwood’s account of these works, but I found it a great read nonetheless.