Beethoven's tenth
Kluger, Richard2018
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When the assistant manager of a hardware store in rural New Jersey shows up at the offices of an elite New York auction house, with a worn musical manuscript he hopes to sell for a small fortune, he is greeted with subdued snickers. The title page page of the document reads, 'William Tell: A Dramatic Symphony' and is signed 'Ludwig van Beethoven'. The bearer of the composition claims he recently came upon it in an old attic trunk while cleaning out his lately deceased grandfather's home in Zurich; several accompanying documents suggest the work was written there during the summer of 1814. Since virtually all lovers of classical music - and many others who can't tell Stravinsky from Springsteen - know that Beethoven wrote nine sublime symphonies, and so evidence of a new-found tenth one by the supreme master of that musical form sets off an international uproar.
Main title:
Beethoven's tenth / Richard Kluger.
Author:
Imprint:
Los Angeles : Rare Bird Books, 2018.Los Angeles : Rare Bird Books, 2018.
Collation:
400 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781945572982 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
2049353