Beethoven: The Universal Composer

By: Edmund Morris

Published October 4th 2005 by Eminent Lives (first published January 1st 2005)

Category: Biography

Pages: 256 pages

ISBN: 9780060759742

Description:
ÒBrilliant....This book is a perfect marriageÑor should one say, duetÑof subject and author, every word as masterly as the notes of the artist it illuminates.Ó Ñ Christopher Buckley, Forbes

ÒThis is not just criticism but poetry in itself, with the additionalÑand inestimableÑmerit of being true.Ó Ñ Washington Post Book World

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Dutch) is one of AmericaÕs most distinguished biographers, known for his rich, compulsively readable prose style. His biography of Beethoven, one of the most admired composers in the history of music, is above all a study of genius in action, of one of the few giants of Western culture. Beethoven is another engaging entry in the HarperCollinsÕ ÒEminent LivesÓ series of biographies by distinguished authors on canonical figures.