The Changing Image of Beethoven by Comini, Alessandra
The Changing Image of Beethoven by Comini, Alessandra

The Changing Image of Beethoven

No composer in the history of music has undergone so many makeovers in the portrayal of his...
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Author: Alessandra Comini
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Language: English
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The Changing Image of Beethoven by Comini, Alessandra

The Changing Image of Beethoven

$601.60
The Changing Image of Beethoven by Comini, Alessandra

The Changing Image of Beethoven

$601.60
Author: Alessandra Comini
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
No composer in the history of music has undergone so many makeovers in the portrayal of his facial features or the interpretation of his cultural legacy as Ludwig van Beethoven. The myth began during his lifetime when few verbal or visual portrayals of the composer adhered strictly to his physical appearance; instead his mannerisms, manners, and moods prevailed. Promoted from peevish recluse to Promethean hero, he was pictured early on as a "genius inspired by inner voices in the presence of nature, with leonine hair writhing wildly in symbolic parallel to the seething turbulence of creativity," according to the author. In this unique study of the myth-making process across two centuries, Alessandra Comini examines the contradictory imagery of Beethoven in contemporary verbal accounts and in some 200 paintings, prints, sculptures, and monuments. With a witty yet penetrating narrative, she moves through these images to construct a collective image of the composer that reflects the many differing impressions left by devoted "myth makers" ranging from Wagner, Nietzsche, Berlioz, and Brahms to Rolland, D'Annunzio, and Jenny Lind. University Distinguished Professor of Art History Emerita at Southern Methodist University, Alessandra Comini is the author of eight books, one of which was nominated for the National Book Award ("Egon Schiele's Portraits"). The Republic of Austria extended her its Grand Decoration of Honor in 1990, the National Women's Caucus for Art gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, and a Comini Lecture Series in her honor was founded in Dallas in 2005. She is associate producer of Museum Music's recording "Klimt Musik," featuring composers from Beethoven to Alma and Gustav Mahler.

Author: Alessandra Comini
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Published: 05/15/2008
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.51lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780865346611


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 226
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