The premier of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna on May 7, 1824, was the most significant artistic event of the year—and the work remains one of the most precedent-shattering and influential compositions in the history of music. Described in vibrant detail by eminent musicologist Harvey Sachs, this symbol of freedom and joy was so unorthodox that it amazed and confused liste...(展开全部)

哈维·萨克斯，作家，音乐学家，克利夫兰音乐学院荣誉博士，现任教于柯蒂斯音乐学院。早期从事指挥工作，后致力于写作、演讲和教学。长期为《纽约客》《纽约时报》等媒体撰稿，著有《托斯卡尼尼：有良知的音乐家》《阿图·鲁宾斯坦传》等作品。

“All men become brothers . . . Be embraced, ye millions!” The Ninth Symphony, a symbol of freedom and joy, was Beethoven’s mightiest attempt to help humanity find its way from darkness to light, from chaos to peace. Yet the work was born in a repressive era, with terrified Bourbons, Hapsburgs, and Romanovs using every means at their disposal to squelch populist rumblings in t...(展开全部)

In this interpretation of the composer's life and works, Beethoven scholar Lewis Lockwood interweaves the composer's musical and biographical dimensions and places them in their historical and artistic contexts. Written for the lay reader, this book explores the special problems that Beethoven faced as an artist who fulfilled his destiny as Mozart's sucessor while remaining a t...(展开全部)

An authoritative work offering a fresh look at Beethoven’s life, career, and milieu. “Magisterial” — New York Review of Books . This brilliant portrayal weaves Beethoven's musical and biographical stories into their historical and artistic contexts. Lewis Lockwood sketches the turbulent personal, historical, political, and cultural frameworks in which Beethoven worked and exam...(展开全部)

Published in 1967 and then extensively revised in 1978, The Ninth Configuration is a fascinating look at madness, philosophy, and the nature of religious belief. Both The Ninth Configuration and Twinkle, Twinkle 'Killer' Kane have been out of print for decades, but this new edition combines both novels with a long essay by Mark Kermode.

A USA Today Best-Selling Novel, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle! “Unlike anything I’ve ever read. ” ―V.E. Schwab “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” ―Charles Stross “Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” ―The N...(展开全部)

丹尼斯·谢尔曼是纽约城市大学约翰·杰伊刑事司法学院(John Jay College of Criminal Justice，the City University of New York)的历史学教授。他在加州大学伯克利分校获得了文学学士学位(1962年)和法学博士学位(1965年)，并在密歇根大学获得了哲学博士(1970年)。他是巴黎大学的访问学者(1978—1979年，1985年)。他曾获得福特基金会学术奖(Ford Foundation Prize Fellowship，1968—1969年，1969—1970年)，获得经济史研究中心学术奖(Council for Research on Economic History，1971—1972年)，获得国家人文科学基金会奖(National Endowment for the Humanitie...(展开全部)

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