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The Life & Times of Beethoven

The First Angry Man

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The Life & Times of Beethoven

De: Robert Greenberg, The Great Courses
Narrado por: Robert Greenberg
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In The Life & Times of Beethoven, celebrated composer and music historian Professor Robert Greenberg of San Francisco Performances gives you a unique perspective on a musical genius the likes of which the world had never seen before - or since.

Blending biography, history, and music appreciation, these 10 lectures portray Beethoven’s extraordinary (and still modern-sounding) music as a direct outgrowth of his life, environment, and interior emotional landscape. What makes Beethoven’s anger so special is that he was the first composer to portray his own raw (sometimes even violent) emotions directly in his music. As a result, for more than 200 years, works like his later quartets, his Hammerklavier sonata, and his Symphony No. 9, have moved, touched, and sometimes even frightened listeners in a manner almost primal.

Professor Greenberg lays bare the links between Beethoven’s life and his incredible output of music. Listeners will learn:

  • How the crisis involving Beethoven’s hearing became a catalyst for his musical creativity and originality,
  • How Beethoven’s infatuation with Napoleon helped him change the language of Western music,
  • How Beethoven’s “Heroic Music” helped the composer symbolically overcome his pain and unhappiness,
  • How six factors contributed to Beethoven’s crushing fall from popular grace in 1815,
  • How Beethoven revolutionized the genre of string quartets during the last two years of his compositional life, and much more!

These lectures give an unforgettable perspective of an angry, alienated composer, who, nevertheless, translated personal defeats into musical triumphs.

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Our favorite moments from The Life & Times of Beethoven

Lecture 2: A Difficult Childhood
  • Lecture 2: A Difficult Childhood
Beethoven’s misanthropic personality explained by a childhood marked with abuse, illness, and loss.
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Lecture 6: The Heroic Decade Begins
  • Lecture 6: The Heroic Decade Begins
A misunderstood Beethoven changes the course of music.
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Lecture 7: The Immortal Beloved
  • Lecture 7: The Immortal Beloved
Beethoven falls in love with unattainable women.
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  • Lecture 2: A Difficult Childhood
  • Beethoven’s misanthropic personality explained by a childhood marked with abuse, illness, and loss.
  • Lecture 6: The Heroic Decade Begins
  • A misunderstood Beethoven changes the course of music.
  • Lecture 7: The Immortal Beloved
  • Beethoven falls in love with unattainable women.
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About the Professor

Dr. Robert Greenberg is a Music Historian-in-Residence with San Francisco Performances. A graduate of Princeton University, Professor Greenberg holds a PhD in Music Composition from the University of California, Berkeley. He has seen his compositions—which include more than 45 works for a wide variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles—performed all over the world, including New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, England, Ireland, Greece, Italy, and the Netherlands. He has served on the faculties of the University of California, Berkeley; California State University, Hayward; and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and has lectured for some of the most prestigious musical and arts organizations in the United States, including the San Francisco Symphony, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Van Cliburn Foundation, and the Chicago Symphony. For The Great Courses, he has recorded more than 500 lectures on a range of composers and classical music genres. Professor Greenberg is a Steinway Artist. His many other honors include three Nicola de Lorenzo Composition Prizes and a Koussevitzky commission from the Library of Congress. He has been profiled in various major publications, including The Wall Street Journal; Inc. magazine; and the London Times.

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I feel like I actually knew Beethoven, personally, and knew him well, even smelled him, after listening to this brilliant series. Great job, Professor Greenberg.

Just brilliant

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I found this narrative very informative and interesting. Dr. Greenburg brought Beethoven to life, with all his sufferings and triumphs, and made him human. How could one not feel with him all of his pain and tragedies, mostly his deafness? And in spite of it all, what a genius!

A Renowned Genius

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Fascinating. As a musician myself, I Learned so much about the man and his many agonies.

Beethoven

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I liked what I always like about Robert Greenberg - his erudition, his eloquence, his humor and his not being shy about expressing his opinion.
I listened to this in parallel to reading Edmund Morris's biography of Beethoven, which I learned here was one of the three main sources Greenberg leaned on, in composing this biography. if I were to listen to it again, I would do so in parallel to listening to various compositions of Beethoven's, in time with the progress of the story.

The life behind, and within, the music

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This very short book is an interesting biography of Beethoven. It does not go in depth into his music (the author apparently has other, much longer works for that). I had no idea that Beethoven was such a troubled man, with many, many, many flaws. Were it not for his moving music, it would be easy to despise him. Perhaps there's a lesson in that. Anyway, the lecturer does his best to make it entertaining, dropping in his own jokes to keep the listener engaged.

Interesting

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Mr. Greenberg would consider me with pity if we were to meet because I have no musical ability but I have a inquiring mind and find his work to be very educational. I can hardly wait to get into his next audiobook.

Well Worth Your Time!

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The professor is an excellent actor and the story of Beethoven’s life is portrayed very dramatically. I had no idea how much he suffered physically and emotionally. Now I want to listen to some of his works in light of the events of his life!

Dramatic and entertaining

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All good but don't expect any music of Beethoven's. But a well communicated sad story.

Poor, poor Beethoven and his friends and family.

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I absolutely loooved this course! I have been listening to Classical music all my life, but Prof Greenberg opened my ears to so much more. Not only did he inspire me to take up piano lessons again, he is also highly entertaining and funny.

Brilliant teacher - informative + entertaining!

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I love Classical Music 🎶 🎵 and I have always loved Ludwig since I Heared his 5th Symphony for the 1st time as a child. I loved this course.

Cannot Say Enough

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