The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824

A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression. 1824 became a watershed year The premiere of. the Ninth Symphony. the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence. Delacroixs painting of the Turkish massacre of Greeks at Chios and Pushkins anti-tyrannical play Boris Godunov all signalled that the desire for freedom was not dead . And all of these works and events were part of the flowering of the High Romantic period.In The Ninth. eminent music historian and biographer Harvey Sachs employs memoir. anecdote and his vast knowledge of history to explain how the premiere of Beethovens staggering last symphony was emblematic of its time - a work of art unlike any other - and a magisteri...

• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.84 x 1.18 x 9.25 inches