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100 1 a| Mellers, Wilfrid,d| 1914-2008.=| ^A546734;

245 10 a| Beethoven and the voice of God /c| Wilfrid Mellers.;

264 1 a| London :b| Travis & Emery,c| 2008.;

300 a| viii, 453 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| Originally published: Faber and Faber, 1983.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-448) and index.;

520 a| A study of the mind and music of Beethoven, as revealed principally in the piano sonatas and the Missa Solemnis.;

600 10 a| Beethoven, Ludwig van,d| 1770-1827x| History and criticism.=| ^A18609;

600 10 a| Beethoven, Ludwig van,d| 1770-1827.t| Sonatas,m| piano.=| ^A495281;

600 10 a| Beethoven, Ludwig van,d| 1770-1827.t| Missa solemnis.=| ^A497759;

650 0 a| Sonatas (Piano)x| History and criticism.=| ^A32342;

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Beethoven and the voice of God / Wilfrid Mellers.

Author/creator	Mellers, Wilfrid
Format	Book
Publication	London : Travis & Emery, 2008.
Copyright Date	©1983
Description	viii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--History and criticism. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Missa solemnis. Sonatas (Piano)--History and criticism. Music--Religious aspects.

Contents	Prelude. Beethoven, God, and enlightenment -- Young Prometheus. Piano sonatas : Opus 2 no. 1 in F minor ; Opus 2 no. 2 in A major ; Opus 10 no. 3 in D major ; Opus 13 in C minor (Pathétique) -- Comedy and catastrophe. Piano sonatas : Opus 22 in B flat major ; Opus 27 no. 2 in C sharp minor (Moonlight) -- Maelstrom and cornucopia. Piano sonatas : Opus 57 in F minor (Appassionata) ; Opus 53 in C major (Waldstein) -- The hidden song. Eros, Dionysus and Romanticism. Piano sonatas : Opus 90 in E minor and major ; Opus 101 in A major -- The tyger and the forge. 'Hammerklavier' sonata opus 106 in B flat major -- Scapegoat and fool. Piano sonatas : Opus 109 in E major ; Opus 110 in A flat major -- The water and the fire. Piano sonata : Opus 111 in C minor and major -- Coda : the golden rose, Beethoven, Blake, and 'paradise' -- The strong thief : a study of the Missa solemnis. Kyrie : the invisible church -- Gloria : the joyous wrath of God -- Credo : Christ-Osiris and the hanged man -- Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei : Persephone restored, 'a prayer for inner and outer peace' -- Postlude. The world in a grain of sand. Diabelli variations for piano opus 120 -- A joy as it flies : bagatelles and Kleinigkeiten -- Appendix A. A note on Beethoven's piano -- Appendix B. Man and God in Fidelio.
Abstract	A study of the mind and music of Beethoven, as revealed principally in the piano sonatas and the Missa Solemnis.
General note	Originally published: Faber and Faber, 1983.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-448) and index.
ISBN	9781904331230
ISBN	1904331238

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