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The First Four Notes: Beethoven’s Fifth and the Human Imagination

A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012A New Yorker Best Book of the YearLos Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the YearA unique and revelatory book of music history that examines in great depth what is perhaps the best-known and most-popular symphony ever written and its four-note opening, which has fascinated musicians, his More »

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The Average Review score is 3.8 on a scale of 5.0. Total 16 reviewers are considered to generate the average review. Some of the new or latest reviews in Musical Genres might be helpful and interesting to you. This average review is fetched by Kirsten Tranter and posted on 17 July

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[ 4.0 stars ] "I bought this because I love Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It's not only giving me an even greater appreciation of the music, but I am learning so much about history, philosophy and music theory.I am enjoying this book but I'll be the first to admit that it's over my head. It contains a lot of philosophy, and I don't have any background in philosophy. There is also a lot of mu ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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[ 5.0 stars ] "Not a book for everyone, but if it is a subject that is of interest, this is a great read. ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Musical Genres review is genenrated by J Kuhn "teachergirl" which was written on July 19, 2013
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[ 1.0 stars ] "This Boston Globe music critic seems to resurrect and parse every reference past and present to four notes or four words or four anything, with the fourth sustained -- for example, MLKJr's speech "I-have-a-DREAM" -- which could possibly be compared with the Beethoven 5th Symphony's first four notes, regardless of whether it could reasonably have anything to do with Beethoven or his symphon ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Musical Genres review is genenrated by Looky Lou "Richard" which was written on July 4, 2013
1 users liked the review and gave their verdict that this review was intuitive enough to select or buy the Musical Genres out of 3 users. Review fetched on August 14, 2013 by Books Central.

[ 5.0 stars ] "This is a fantastic book, full of both tidbits of musical history (the invention of the metronome) as well as a fabulous and surprising interpretation of the history of listening... I loved it. ..." Courtesy by Amazon
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[ 4.0 stars ] "Wide ranging review of the interpretation of Beethoven's work by diverse philosophical thinkers which come from a surprising range of the political spectrum and covers the whole range of years since the first performance of the work. Very thought stimulating - but some knowledge of philosophy does help. ..." Courtesy by Amazon
- The Musical Genres review is genenrated by MB932 which was written on May 27, 2013
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Available	No
Author	Matthew Guerrieri
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780307593283
Edition	0
Format	Deckle Edge
ISBN	0307593282
Label	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
MPN	9780307593283
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	384
PartNumber	9780307593283
ProductGroup	Book
ProductTypeName	ABIS_BOOK
PublicationDate	2012-11-13
Publisher	Knopf
ReleaseDate	2012-11-13
Studio	Knopf
Title	The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination

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