The Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography by Mark Evan Bonds

The Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography

Mark Evan Bonds

344 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced
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The "Beethoven Syndrome" is the inclination of listeners to hear music as the projection of a composer's inner self. This was a radically new way of listening that emerged only after Beethoven's death. Beethoven's music was a catalyst for this cha...

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