Great Masters: Beethoven - His Life and Music

Great Masters: Beethoven - His Life and Music

Have you ever wondered how the lives of great composers - especially when set against the social, political, and cultural context of their world - influenced their music? After listening to this perceptive series of eight lectures on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven, you will likely find that you hear his work in an entirely different way, with your insight informed by new knowledge of how Beethoven was able to create masterpieces from the crises of his life. You'll learn about the years of progressive hearing loss - ultimately to produce total deafness - and the understandable agony and rage such a fate would bring upon a composer. About his deep depression over the end of his relationship with the woman he calls his Immortal Beloved. About his pathological hatred of authority, his persecution complex, even delusional behaviors. But you'll also learn how each of these crises, and many others, served to drive Beethoven inward, to reinvent himself and redeem his suffering through art, creating disruptive works of profound passion and beauty that reinvented the nature of musical expression in the Western world.

Country	USA
Binding	Audio CD
EAN	9781565853805
Feature	"Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses"
ISBN	1565853806
Label	The Teaching Company
Manufacturer	The Teaching Company
PublicationDate	2001
Publisher	The Teaching Company
Studio	The Teaching Company
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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