Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.
Cargando... El Cabello De Beethoven (2000)por Russell Martin
Ninguno Cargando...
Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. While the basic information about Beethoven, his life, his music, and his hair is fairly interesting, the author indulges in a style derived from the breathless faux-suspense of the tv expose-artists (think Geraldo Rivera and Al Capone's Tomb), thus reducing what could have been a useful monograph into a padded and ultimately boring docu-drama. I'm a musician, and I love Beethoven. But I also love good writing. There are enough facts on record regarding the author's subject--and he knows this; he's included them in the book--to avoid having to make any wild suppositions about the lives of his real-life characters. It's bothering me no end. I'm also irritated by the complete lack of chronology here. It's a non-fiction book purporting to follow the life of a lock of hair; I don't mind a bit of jumping around, but I find myself irritated when within just one chapter, we're bouncing from an event at the end of the year, back to the middle of the year, leading into an explanation of the event that started the chapter. Actually, I rescind that. In some books, that works quite well. It's just that this author has trouble with his transitions, and it all seems like a disjointed mess.
Das Ganze klingt an sich gar nicht mal unspannend, ist aber von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite katastrophal umgesetzt. Martin hat ein Buch irgendwo zwischen Sachbuch und Kitschroman geschaffen. Und würde es schon durch die Kriterien jedes einzelnen Genres durchfallen, so ist die Melange noch viel unausstehlicher. Premios
Cuando a finales de marzo de 1827 Ferdinand Hiller y muchos otros cortaron en cabello del genial compositor en su lecho de muerte para tener un recuerdo suyo, to hicieron pensando que su musica sobreviviria el paso del tiempo. Y asi fue. Durante casi dos siglos el mundo ha aprendido a amar las composiciones de Beethoven y ahora, a traves del analisis de su cabello, a conocer, admirar y respetar aun mas si cabe a su persona.De la mano de Russell Martin, acompanaremos al cabello de Beethoven en un apasionante viaje a traves del tiempo y del espacio. Desde Bonn y Viena en el siglo XIX; Pasando por los dificiles primeros anos del nuevo siglo XX, la Primera Guerra Mundial en Dinamarca y el Holocausto judio, hasta llegar a Estados Unidos y una subasta en Sotheby's. En este viaje se revelan las dificiles relaciones del musico con otros genios como Goethe, o sus amores y desamores con damas de alcurnia. Pero, ademas, afloran sus sufrimientos fisicos, los dolores interminables y la profunda sordera quemarcaron su atormentada personalidad. Parte de estos cabellos, que aun conservaban foliculos pilosos, fue analizada, y su examen genetico, ademas de permitir asombrosos descubrimientos, ha permitido realizar una exhaustiva reconstruccion de su vida y su muerte. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
Debates activosNingunoCubiertas populares
Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)780.92The arts Music Music Biography And History BiographyClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
¿Eres tú?Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing. |
The journey this hair made, the personal recollections that Hiller brings to Beethoven's demeanor and character, are just extraordinary. I grew up with a father who was in awe of Beethoven's ability and majesty, and that certainly rubbed off on me. I had forgotten how long it took the French musical community, my beloved French Romantics, to embrace his music as acceptable.
If one is a fan of whodunits, of what a detective does on the streets, even if you're not musically inclined, I would highly recommend this book. Or someone who is interested in the Holocaust; there is a bit of unknown history woven into the story of this lock of hair.
And of course, those of us who love Beethoven and his music will refer to it many, many times.. ( )