Beethoven

Beethoven

2014 • 1,077 pages

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I loved this biography. Swaffords style is slightly arch and witty, while also being generous to his subject. He's a very genial guide to Beethoven's extraordinary life, and the insights he brings as a composer made me hear things in a different way.

It's a very strange thing to fall into a deeply human agape love with someone long dead.

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