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Beethoven

More than a decade in the making, Jan Swafford's Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph will be the standard Beethoven biography for years to come.


Author:

  • Jan Swafford

Narrator:

  • Michael Prichard

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 39 h 9 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Biographies
  • Arts and entertainment
  • Culture
  • Music

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    Jan Swafford

    Jan Swafford is an American composer and author. He earned his bachelor of arts magna cum laude from Harvard College and his DMA in composition from the Yale School of Music. His music has been widely played by ensembles, including the symphonies of St. Louis, Indianapolis, and the Dutch Radio. He is the author of biographies of Ives, Brahms, and Beethoven. His many honors include an NEA Composer Grant and the Deems Taylor Award for online writing on music, which he won for his essays in Slate. He is a longtime program writer and preconcert lecturer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and has written notes and essays for the orchestras of Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, and Toronto. Among his liner notes for recordings are those for DGG’s anniversary release of Beethoven’s nine symphonies by the Vienna Philharmonic.

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