Dans cette représentation brillante de l'un des compositeurs plus célèbres du monde, Lewis Lockwood entrelace des dimensions musicales et biographiques de Beethoven et les place dans leurs contextes historiques et artistiques. Ecrit pour le lecteur lay, ce livre décrit les problèmes spéciaux Beethoven comme une artiste qui a rempli son destin comme successeur de Mozart, tout en restant un original true, rebelle. Il esquisse les cadres turbulents de personnels, historiques et culturels dans lequel il travailla et illustre leur effet sur sa musique. Enfin, elle se tourne vers le compositeur dans ses dernières années, avec grandes réalisations derrière lui, surmonter la crise de conclusion encore plus de défis à affronter. / Livre

Quarter Military Band QMB 511-Score and parts for a meditation on a Sequence by Beethoven from Bernstein's work Mass. Arranged by Donal Hunsberger for wind band.The 1970s saw a number of religious rock musicals notably Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell and Bernstein was so impressed by the latter that he invited 23-year-old writer Stephen Schwartz to provide lyrics for Mass—once again Bernstein reached beyond his own world of classical music for a collaborator to help him create a large-scale musical theater piece as he had with West Side Story.Mass was Bernstein's most ambitious theater work. Despite its adaptation of the Latin text interspersed with songs ''numbers '' choreographic sequences and symphonic interludes Mass is ecumenical in nature and cannot be categorized. Perhaps the most accurate description of the piece is ''pageant.'' With approximately 200 performers including dancers singers a boy chorus rock and blues singers actors and two orchestras as well as a marching band—who play through the audience—Mass is a musical and theatrical experience.Bernstein's Meditation No 2 allows both audience and celebrant a moment of contemplation.