Beethoven The Man Who Freed Music Author:Robert Haven Schlauffler "He who truly understands my music must thereby go free of all the misery which others bear about with them"---Beethoven: Opening quote of book. — In three parts: I/His Life and Works--33 chapters including "A Town of Music Lovers", "The Practical Joker",and "The Humorous Symphony". — II/The Man Who Freed Music--19 chapters including "When Beethov... more »en Laughed" and "How Beethoven Freed Music"[e.g.democratized,took music out-of-doors,etc].
III/Beethoven's Workshop--4 chapters including "The Borrowing Alchemist" and "A Chief Source_Motive..." = economy, multiunity, improvise,etc.« less