《ninth, the》是2010年Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Harvey Sachs。
基本介紹
- 書名：ninth, the
- 作者：Harvey Sachs
- 出版社：Random House US
- ISBN：9781400060771
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
“All men become brothers . . .Be embraced, ye millions!”The Ninth Symphony, a symbol of freedom and joy, was Beethoven’smightiest attempt to help humanity find its way from darkness tolight, from chaos to peace. Yet the work was born in a repressiveera, with terrified Bourbons, Hapsburgs, and Romanovs using everymeans at their disposal to squelch populist rumblings in the wakeof the French Revolution and Napoleon’s wars. Ironically, thepremiere of this hymn to universal brotherhood took place inVienna, the capital of a nation that Metternich was turning intothe first modern police state.The Ninth’s unveiling, on May 7, 1824, was the most significantartistic event of the year, and the work remains one of the mostprecedent-shattering and influential compositions in the history ofmusic—a reference point and inspiration that resonates even today.But in The Ninth, eminent music historian Harvey Sachs demonstratesthat Beethoven was not alone in his discontent with the state ofthe world. Lord Byron died in 1824 during an attempt to free Greecefrom the domination of the Ottoman empire; Delacroix painted amasterpiece in support of that same cause; Pushkin, suffering atthe hands of an autocratic czar, began to draft hisanti-authoritarian play Boris Godunov; and Stendhal and Heine wroteworks that mocked conventional ways of thinking.The Ninth Symphony was so unorthodox that it amazed and confusedlisteners at its premiere—described by Sachs in vibrant detail—yetit became a standard for subsequent generations of creativeartists, and its composer came to embody the Romantic cult ofgenius. In this unconventional, provocative new book, Beethoven’smasterwork becomes a prism through which we may view the politics,aesthetics, and overall climate of the era.Part biography, part history, part memoir, The Ninthbrilliantly explores the intricacies of Beethoven’s lastsymphony—how it brought forth the power of the individual whilecelebrating the collective spirit of humanity.
作者簡介
Harvey Sachs is a writer and music historian and the author or co-author of eight previous books, of which there have been more than fifty editions in fifteen languages. He has written for The New Yorker and many other publications, has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and is currently on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He lives in New York City.
