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Beethoven

Anguish and Triumph : a Biography
Jul 19, 2015gogo12127 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
At over 900 pages, the book might seem somewhat overwhelming if it were not so interesting and well written, with the exception of some puzzling syntax at times. I do admit to skimming some of the technical explications of musical composition that were beyond my comprehension. In addition to the text, the book includes a lengthy bibliography, exhaustive endnotes, many with interesting commentary, and an index that is elegant, well constructed, and generally thorough. I think it would have been useful if the book had included an appendix of the works discussed in the text, at least those discussed in some length, along with their opus numbers and dates of composition.