书目

Beethoven:TheUniversalComposer(EminentLives)[贝多芬:世界的作曲家]

内容简介

LudwigvanBeethoven(1770-1827)wasacomposerofuniversalgeniuswhosepopularity,extraordinaryevenduringhislifetime,hasneverceasedtogrowandnowencirclestheglobe.HismostfamousworksareasbelovedinBeijingastheyareinBoston.Alifelongdevotee,EdmundMorris,theauthorofthreebestsellingpresidentialbiographies,bringsthegreatcomposertolifeasamanofastonishingcomplexityandoverpoweringintelligence—agigantic,compulsivelycreativepersonalityunabletotolerateconstraints.ButBeethoven'sachievementrestsinhisimmortalmusic,whosegrandeurandbeautywereconceived"ontheothersideofsilence."

作者简介

EdmundMorrisistheauthorofTheRiseofTheodoreRoosevelt(PulitzerPrizeandNationalBookAward),Dutch:AMemoirofRonaldReagan,andTheodoreRex(LosAngelesTimesBookPrize).Apianistandprivatescholarofmusic,hehasbeenstudyingBeethovenforahalfcentury.

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