A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012A New Yorker Best Book of the YearLos Angeles Magazine''s #1 Music Book of the YearThis revelatory book of music history examines what is perhaps the best known and most-popular symphony ever writtenand its famous four-note opening. Reaching back before Beethovens time Matthew Guerrieri uncovers premonitions of the opening notes in the rhythms of ancient Greek poetry and the music of the French Revolution. He discusses the Fifths impact when it premiered tracing the artistic philosophical and political reverberations across Europe to China Russia and the United States from Romanticism to ring tones from propaganda to pop. This fascinating piece of musical detective work is a treat for music lovers of every stripe.
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