内容简介
is a magnificent fictionalbiography of Ludwig van Beethoven,arguably the, greatest composer of all time.Beginning before his birth and ending withthe famous Heiligenstadt Testament ofI802, Beethoven's acknowledgement that hisdeafness was incurable, the opening volumefollows the prodigy as he emerges from theshadow of his father's thwarted ambitions tocultivate his own unique place in the musical
life of Vienna, Europe's musical capital but acity caught up in the war against Napoleon.
John Suchet brilliantly re-creates thedefining experiences on Beethoven's path togreatness. His first public performance atthe age of seven; how he dazzled Mozart ontheir one and 0nly meeting; his father'sdescent into alcoholism and his mother's
tragic early death; and, as if mourning abrother, the devastation Mozart's death
effected on the twenty-year-old Beethoven'spersonality and developing musical vision.
life of Vienna, Europe's musical capital but acity caught up in the war against Napoleon.
John Suchet brilliantly re-creates thedefining experiences on Beethoven's path togreatness. His first public performance atthe age of seven; how he dazzled Mozart ontheir one and 0nly meeting; his father'sdescent into alcoholism and his mother's
tragic early death; and, as if mourning abrother, the devastation Mozart's death
effected on the twenty-year-old Beethoven'spersonality and developing musical vision.