| Description |
327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: La neuvième de Beethoven. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-318) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : The states of joy -- The birth of modern political music. God save the King and the Handel cult ; La Marseillaise and the "Supreme Being" ; The Ode to joy and the Emperor's anthem ; Beethoven and the Concert of Europe ; The Ninth symphony -- Political reception of the Ode to joy. The romantic cult ; The 1845 ceremony at Bonn ; The Ninth in the era of nationalist movements ; The 1927 centenary ; Beethoven as Führer ; From year zero to the European anthem ; From apartheid's anthem to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall -- Conclusion : Criticism and future of a dream. |
| Subject |
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 9, op. 125, D minor.
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Influence.
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Music -- Political aspects.
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphony no. 9.
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| Added Title |
Neuvième de Beethoven. English
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| ISBN |
0226078124 alkaline paper |
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