Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph (Hardcover)

from Keith.G.Richie

What more can you say about a 1000 page book than - I wish it were longer! Simply superb.As an aside, I read Edmund Morris' review in the NYT Book Review. Having read Morris' bio of Beethoven, I assume his snarky review was written out of jealousy - it wasn't 1/10th the book this one is (and I'm ...

from japaul22

I've been reading this 1077 page biography of one of the most famous composers for the past 3 months. I barely know where to begin in reviewing this book. As a professional classical musician, I knew a lot about Beethoven going in to this. I've played almost all of his symphonies (and extensive...

from BooksForDinner

Read this in and out over a number of months this past year. The best of the Beethoven biographies I've read. Very much like the Brahms bio-straight ahead, not much supposition or invention, very detailed. Good analysis of the music. One odd thing missing was an accounting of Schubert's late visi...

from Keith.G.Richie

What more can you say about a 1000 page book than - I wish it were longer! Simply superb.As an aside, I read Edmund Morris' review in the NYT Book Review. Having read Morris' bio of Beethoven, I assume his snarky review was written out of jealousy - it wasn't 1/10th the book this one is (and I'm ...

from japaul22

I've been reading this 1077 page biography of one of the most famous composers for the past 3 months. I barely know where to begin in reviewing this book. As a professional classical musician, I knew a lot about Beethoven going in to this. I've played almost all of his symphonies (and extensive...