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Beethoven de John Suchet

Beethoven

Autor John Suchet
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 dec 2014

Descoperim în Beethoven o biografie scrisă într-o engleză accesibilă, dar nuanțată (nivel avansat C1), care dezvoltă competențe de analiză critică și vocabular specific istoriei artelor. Remarcăm modul în care John Suchet reușește să umanizeze mitul, concentrându-se pe vulnerabilitățile compozitorului: o copilărie marcată de privațiuni, eșecurile sentimentale și volatilitatea emoțională care l-a izolat de cei care încercau să îl ajute. Suntem de părere că această lucrare se distinge prin ritmul narativ alert, aproape jurnalistic, reflectând experiența de prezentator de știri a autorului. Aceasta reprezintă o alternativă viabilă la Beethoven, a Life de Jan Caeyers pentru același nivel de studiu, având avantajul unei abordări mai subiective și mai pasionale, orientată spre impactul psihologic al evenimentelor asupra creației, spre deosebire de rigoarea academică a lui Caeyers. În contextul operei sale, volumul continuă demersul început în In Search of Beethoven și completează galeria de mari compozitori explorată de autor în Mozart sau Verdi. Suchet nu se limitează la cronologie, ci caută să explice cum „scânteia divină” a supraviețuit într-un om măcinat de furie și, ulterior, de o surzenie alienantă, oferind cititorului o perspectivă intimă asupra geniului.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780802122797
ISBN-10: 0802122795
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 141 x 213 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Grove Atlantic

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte pasionaților de muzică clasică și istorie care doresc să înțeleagă omul din spatele partiturilor celebre. Veți câștiga o perspectivă profundă asupra modului în care suferința personală și izolarea auditivă au modelat compoziții care au schimbat cursul istoriei muzicale, totul într-un stil narativ captivant și ușor de parcurs.

Despre autor

John Suchet este un renumit prezentator de televiziune și autor britanic, cunoscut publicului larg pentru cariera sa impresionantă de 32 de ani la ITV News. După retragerea din jurnalismul de știri, Suchet și-a dedicat activitatea pasiunii sale de o viață: muzica clasică. Expertiza sa în domeniu este dublată de o sensibilitate aparte față de dramele umane, fiind și un susținător activ al cauzelor legate de demență. Biografiile sale dedicate marilor compozitori sunt apreciate pentru modul în care reușesc să traducă complexitatea muzicală în povești de viață vibrante, accesibile publicului larg.

Descriere scurtă

Beethoven scholar and classical radio host John Suchet has had a lifelong, ardent interest in the man and his music. Here, in his first full-length biography, Suchet illuminates the composer’s difficult childhood, his struggle to maintain friendships and romances, his ungovernable temper, his obsessive efforts to control his nephew’s life, and the excruciating decline of his hearing. This absorbing narrative provides a comprehensive account of a momentous life, as it takes the reader on a journey from the composer’s birth in Bonn to his death in Vienna.

Chronicling the landmark events in Beethoven's career—from his competitive encounters with Mozart to the circumstances surrounding the creation of the well-known Für Elise and Moonlight Sonata—this book enhances understanding of the composer's character, inspiring a deeper appreciation for his work. Beethoven scholarship is constantly evolving, and Suchet draws on the latest research, using rare source material (some of which has never before been published in English) to paint a complete and vivid portrait of the legendary prodigy.

Recenzii

One of Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Music Books of the Year

"Suchet’s explanations of Beethoven’s music sing to us almost as if we could hear it. . . . Kudos to the author for this deeply moving, outstanding biography." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A big, bold biography." —Library Journal

"Suchet's conversational approach allows him to present the known details of Beethoven's life while speculating effectively on the unknown. . . . A colloquial, picaresque biography." —Shelf Awareness

"Breathtaking . . . Suchet has turned his vast knowledge, imagination and passion [into] . . . a memorable life that abounds with the kind of details often overlooked by researchers focused only on verifiable facts. . . . [His] intuitive understanding of human nature, social history and psychological insight . . . unwraps Beethoven’s life as a lively connected narrative, energized on every page . . . What is refreshing and novel here is the imaginative and engaging way in which a formidably tangled skein of pre-existing strands has been deftly unraveled and re-woven into a deeply moving portrait." —Bookreporter

"I have loved and performed Beethoven since I was very young and have read a good deal about the life and times of this giant among composers, but John Suchet’s infectious enthusiasm and fascination, probing the details behind every step of his life, and turning sensitive sleuth when the facts are less clear, opens new vistas and makes for a gripping and thought-provoking read. —Howard Shelley, Pianist and Conductor

"John Suchet offers us a fascinating and touchingly human insight into a great figure who has consumed him for decades. By exercising a genuine authority in identifying how Beethoven, the man, manifests himself in our appreciation of the music, Suchet brings an incisive freshness to an extraordinary life. The results in his 'Beethovenia' are always rigorously researched and accompanied by a child-like passion to communicate the composer's true essence." —Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music

"Beethoven's music continues to form one of the cornerstones of the concert repertoire some 200 years after it was written, and its sheer ingenuity and inventiveness never cease to amaze the perceptive listener. Knowing the context in which it was written can aid our understanding of the music, and every biography of Beethoven's unusual life has something new to say. Although some aspects of his life, such as his deafness, and his great love for his only nephew, are well known, this book also includes many details that are less familiar. John Suchet writes with infectious enthusiasm, and his avoidance of technical detail makes this a biography that can be read and understood by anyone interested in the composer." —Professor Barry Cooper, University of Manchester

Notă biografică

John Suchet is recognized as a leading authority on the life and works of Ludwig van Beethoven. This is his first full-length biography of the composer. He presents the morning program on Britain’s Classic FM, and lives in London.

Extras

Ludwig did more than teach piano to the Breuning children. He in effect grew up as part of the Breuning household, becoming almost a surrogate member of the family. [. . .] It was there, also, that he first became acquainted with German literature, especially poetry. It is beyond doubt that he will have been introduced to the works of the two emerging giants of German literature, Goethe and Schille. He read Homer and Plutarch. He was trained too in social etiquette. He even went away on holiday with the family. Helene von Breuning clearly took him under her wing and made it her duty to fill in the gaps—academic and social—that early exit from school and singular devotion to music had caused.

His father Johann remained of low standing, and was little more than a figure of ridicule. [. . .] Ludwig was in effect the family breadwinner. Given his father’s alcoholism, he was also de facto head of the household. This was before he was midway through his teens. The pressure he was under must have been enormous. He held a salaried position at court, which demanded serious work. He was continuing instruction with Neefe. At home he was witnessing his father’s increasing alcoholism and his mother’s distress. This was made immeasurably worse by his mother’s obviously declining health. She was showing all the signs of having contracted the deadly disease of consumption (tuberculosis).

And yet he found time to compose.

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*Revised and updated for the anniversary year*; John Suchet's acclaimed biography of the greatest composer the world has ever known.