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The Beethoven obsession /
The Beethoven Obsession tells the story of how the greatest piano music ever written acquired a unique Australian voice, played on a revolutionary grand piano that shook up the conservative music establishment. It is a fast-paced drama of frustration, envy, rivalry, struggle and success, starring a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sydney, N.S.W. :
NewSouth Publishing,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue; 1. Bodgies, Widgies ... and Beethoven; 2. A very grand grand piano; 3. Destination Australie; 4. Run by Yamaha, taught by Suzuki; 5. Hawking condoms and contraband; 6. 'Not Fit for Overseas Service'; 7. Bureaucracy and the cultural cringe; 8. Rallying behind the renegade; 9. Out of tune at the Opera House; 10. The man who invented Beethoven; 11. The big, goofy guy; 12. 'Oh no ... fuckin' old repertoire!'; 13. Recording Beethoven the Australian way; 14. From the sublime to the profane; 15. Beethoven has the last word; 16. 'Thirteen down, only nineteen to go'
- 17. Bucking the Steinway trend18. Beethoven's greatest challenge; 19. Beethoven tops the sales charts; 20. 'A high note of pure gold'; 21. Into the war zone; 22. The impact of one tiny note; 23. Orchestral manoeuvring; 24. Revealing the piano's full set of teeth; 25. Unfinished business; 26. Diabolical Diabelli; 27. Variations on the make-up of a genius; 28. Steinway's marketing muscle; 29. A perfect match; Epilogue: Reconstructing Beethoven; Acknowledgments; Notes.