BEETHOVEN: THE MAN REVEALED

Book ID/图书代码： 04560012B56560

English Summary/英文概要： It is perhaps more true of Beethoven than any other composer that if you know what is going on in his life, you listen to his music through different ears. Ludwig van Beethoven’s life - its dramas, conflicts, loves and losses, his deafness coupled with continuous health problems, his epic struggle with his sister-in-law for sole custody of her son, his nephew - is played out in his music.

Now John Suchet has portrayed the real man behind the music in this compelling biography of a musical genius. He reveals a difficult and complex character, struggling to continue his profession as musician despite increasing deafness, alienating friends with unprovoked outbursts of anger one moment, overwhelming them with excessive kindness and generosity the next, living in a city in almost constant disarray because of war with France.

This is not the god-like immortal portrayed in statues and paintings in heroic pose garlanded with laurel leaves. Beethoven may have been one of the greatest artists who ever lived, but he was still a man who had to live among fellow mortals, eat and drink, fall in love, pay his rent. This is the real Beethoven, and Suchet brings him effortlessly to life.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 也许，贝多芬会比任何一个作曲家都更加真实存在，当你了解了贝多芬一生的经历，通过不同的角度聆听他的音乐。路德维希•贝多芬的一生——它的戏剧性，它的矛盾，它的爱与失去，他的耳聋外加长期的健康问题，他为了侄子的监护权与嫂子进行的史诗般的斗争，耗尽了他的音乐。

现在，约翰•苏赫特在那本天才音乐家引人注目的传记中已经描绘了一个音乐背后真实的人。他揭示了贝多芬执拗与复杂的性格，即便耳聋也要继续职业音乐道路的斗争，因无端爆发的愤怒而疏远朋友的那一刻，而后又以过度的友好与慷慨将他们淹没，居住在因普法战争而几乎持续混乱的城市里。

在这个传记中，他不是被描绘的如雕塑一般不朽的神一般的人物，也没有被粉饰上带着桂叶的英雄的花环。贝多芬也许更多的是在世的最伟大的艺术家之一，但是他依然是一个需要与平凡人住在一起，吃与喝，坠入爱河，付房租的人。这是一个真实的贝多芬，苏赫特把他带入一个轻松的生活。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：那位最伟大的作曲家最终的生活故事已被全世界知晓。
对约翰•苏赫特的赞美:
“调频古典音乐”里轶事般的和丰富内涵的古典音乐，亲切地导向贝多芬。
那个有关天赋和热情的孤寂的惊心动魄的故事被出色的研究，亲切的称之为“星期日邮报上最后的大师”。
苏赫特的成功是巧妙的，他带领着贝多芬和在维也纳的日子令人信服的生活着。
贝多芬的音乐是我们的灵魂。这里有份有关于他的音乐是怎么变成坦克激光瞄准镜的易读和敏感的账目。
贝多芬的理由-----他的作品--恢复生机，归功于Suchet的充满激情的描述。

"Suchet’s explanations of Beethoven’s music sing to us almost as if we could hear it. . . . Kudos to the author for this deeply moving, outstanding biography." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A big, bold biography." —Library Journal

"Suchet’s conversational approach allows him to present the known details of Beethoven’s life while speculating effectively on the unknown. . . . A colloquial, picaresque biography." —Shelf Awareness

"Breathtaking . . . Suchet has turned his vast knowledge, imagination and passion [into] . . . a memorable life that abounds with the kind of details often overlooked by researchers focused only on verifiable facts. . . . [His] intuitive understanding of human nature, social history and psychological insight . . . unwraps Beethoven’s life as a lively connected narrative, energized on every page . . . What is refreshing and novel here is the imaginative and engaging way in which a formidably tangled skein of pre-existing strands has been deftly unraveled and re-woven into a deeply moving portrait." —Bookreporter

"I have loved and performed Beethoven since I was very young and have read a good deal about the life and times of this giant among composers, but John Suchet’s infectious enthusiasm and fascination, probing the details behind every step of his life, and turning sensitive sleuth when the facts are less clear, opens new vistas and makes for a gripping and thought-provoking read. —Howard Shelley, Pianist and Conductor

"John Suchet offers us a fascinating and touchingly human insight into a great figure who has consumed him for decades. By exercising a genuine authority in identifying how Beethoven, the man, manifests himself in our appreciation of the music, Suchet brings an incisive freshness to an extraordinary life. The results in his ’Beethovenia’ are always rigorously researched and accompanied by a child-like passion to communicate the composer’s true essence." —Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music

"Beethoven’s music continues to form one of the cornerstones of the concert repertoire some 200 years after it was written, and its sheer ingenuity and inventiveness never cease to amaze the perceptive listener. Knowing the context in which it was written can aid our understanding of the music, and every biography of Beethoven’s unusual life has something new to say. Although some aspects of his life, such as his deafness, and his great love for his only nephew, are well known, this book also includes many details that are less familiar. John Suchet writes with infectious enthusiasm, and his avoidance of technical detail makes this a biography that can be read and understood by anyone interested in the composer." —Professor Barry Cooper, University of Manchester

About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•苏赫特是英国最著名的电视记者之一，为独立新闻电视公司报道新闻很多年了。离开新闻界后，约翰的热情转向了古典音乐，尤其是路德维希•贝多芬的音乐和人生。他被看作是在研究贝多芬一生的方面主要的权威专家，已经出版了有关这位伟大作曲家的5本书。

John Suchet is one of the UK’s best-known television journalists, reporting and presenting for ITN for many years. Away from the news John’s passion is classical music, in particular the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven. He is recognised as a leading authority on the life of Beethoven and has published five books on the great composer.

Format:电子手稿

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights sold: US (Grove Atlantic)

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