{"product_id":"beethoven-anguish-and-triumph","title":"Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph","description":"Jan Swafford’s biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being who composed some of the world’s most iconic music. Swafford mines sources never before used in English-language biographies to reanimate the revolutionary ferment of Enlightenment-era Bonn, where Beethoven grew up and imbibed the ideas that would shape all of his future work. Swafford then tracks his subject to Vienna, capital of European music, where Beethoven built his career in the face of critical incomprehension, crippling ill health, romantic rejection, and “fate’s hammer,” his ever-encroaching deafness. Throughout, Swafford offers insightful readings of Beethoven’s key works.\nMore than a decade in the making, this will be the standard Beethoven biography for years to come.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 061805474X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.061805474X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Swafford, Jan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41859023536186,"sku":"DBV.061805474X.A","price":26.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/061805474X-0.jpg?v=1793157433","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/beethoven-anguish-and-triumph","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}