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Reviewed on May 17, 2019 | Arts
That Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was revolutionary as a musician and a composer, there can be no doubt. That the era's revolutionary fervor had a profound influence on him, as it did on all those who lived through it, is likewise well understood. Even so, it is an ambitious challenge to connect these two themes explicitly, to assert, for instance, that one can hear strai...Log In or Sign Up to Read More