New biography on beethoven and his music

Ludwig van Beethoven | Biography, Music, & Facts | Britannica

This new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven offers connoisseurs and newcomers alike an unparalleled story of the composer’s life and works, written by a renowned conductor and scholar of Beethoven’s music.

beethoven biography	Renowned Beethoven conductor and scholar Jan Caeyers expertly weaves together a deeply human and complex image of Beethoven.
beethoven: anguish and triumph	This new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven offers connoisseurs and newcomers alike an unparalleled story of the composer’s life and works, written by a renowned conductor and scholar of Beethoven’s music.
beethoven: impressions by his contemporaries	A major new biography published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, offering a fresh, human portrayal.

Beethoven - Yale University Press

Oxford scholar Laura Tunbridge offers an alternative history of Beethoven's career, placing his music in contexts that shed light on why particular pieces are.

Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces by Laura Tunbridge - Goodreads

As music director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra continue their exploration of Beethoven’s symphonies with Jan. 13 and 15 performances of the No. 5 and 8 and the Coriolan Overture, Caeyers discusses his biography and his longtime relationship with Beethoven’s music.

‘Beethoven, A Life’ assesses the composer’s enduring legacy

Filled with careful explanations, this book gives us completely new insights into music known and loved by people around the world.

A Vivid New Life of Beethoven » Early Music America

Beethoven: A Life by Jan Caeyers, University of California Press, , pages.

Turbulent Music, Turbulent Life | Adam Kirsch | The New York ...

Beethoven’s hearing loss didn’t stop him from composing music, though.

Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph Audio CD -

Learn about Beethoven's life while playing finely-crafted arrangements of his most popular melodies.

by Valerie Walden
Published July 18, 2022

Beethoven: A Lifeby Jan Caeyers, University of California Press, 2020, 630 pages.

This fascinating approach to Beethoven’s life and works, by conductor and scholar Jan Caeyers, was first published in Dutch in 2009 and has only recently appeared in the excellent English translation by Brent Annable. A charming read, the book tells the story of Beethoven’s transformative career in almost operatic terms, with a cast of characters that provides not only the dramatic details of Beethoven’s life, but also offers subplots that vividly transport the reader into the worlds of late 18th- and early 19th-century Bonn and Vienna.

The book is organized into five parts, the first devoted to 1770-1792. We are introduced to members of Beethoven’s family going back to the 1720s. Then come the cast members of his childhood, such as his principal teacher, Christian Gottlob Neefe, plus dramatic personae like Count Belderbushe, Franz Ries,

The New Beethoven : Evolution, Analysis, Interpretation

Beethoven, A Life by Jan Caeyers - Paper - University of ...

Jan Swafford’s biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life.