Beethoven and the World of Music

by Manuel Komroff

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183 pages, Hardcover

First published June 25, 1973

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Reviews

[Hubert · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fluffy biography of Beethoven, initially I thought it was maybe written in a middle school grade level, but I'm not so sure any more.

Contains all the hallmarks of music writing meant to titillate the reader into getting excited about classical music and classical composers: over-Romanticizing the artistic subject to the point of pablum (yes, Romanticism was a real movement but here done more for gossipy effect), description of artistic material as generated from mysterious or ineffable means (whereas Beethoven's technical mastery has been well documented through sketch studies and other evidence), elevation of the music as "universal", and over-reliance on the tripartite division of the artist's oeuvre.

But no matter, it was still fun to read, and if it gets people excited to learn more about Beethoven, all the better.