Bibliograph

Beethoven's Ninth, a political history, Esteban Buch ; translated by Richard Miller

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Beethoven's Ninth, a political history, Esteban Buch ; translated by Richard Miller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-318) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beethoven's Ninth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

50604853

Responsibility statement

Esteban Buch ; translated by Richard Miller

Sub title

a political history

Table Of Contents

Introduction : The states of joy -- The birth of modern political music. God save the King and the Handel cult ; La Marseillaise and the "Supreme Being" ; The Ode to joy and the Emperor's anthem ; Beethoven and the Concert of Europe ; The Ninth symphony -- Political reception of the Ode to joy. The romantic cult ; The 1845 ceremony at Bonn ; The Ninth in the era of nationalist movements ; The 1927 centenary ; Beethoven as Führer ; From year zero to the European anthem ; From apartheid's anthem to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall -- Conclusion : Criticism and future of a dream

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