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Beethoven at 250

Beethoven at 250

FromThe TLS Podcast


Beethoven at 250

FromThe TLS Podcast

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Dec 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Paul Griffiths, the author most recently of the novel Mr Beethoven, to discuss the heroic oeuvre of the great composer, 250 years after his birth; Joseph Farrell takes us through the life and work of Gianni Rodari, a kind of Italian George Orwell transplanted to Neverland.Selected books:Beethoven's Conversation Books, translated and edited by Theodore AlbrechtBeethoven's Lives by Lewis LockwoodBeethoven: A Life by Jan CaeyersBeethoven: A life in nine pieces, by Laura Tunbridge– read the full piece here Telephone Tales, by Gianni Rodari, translated by Antony Shugaar
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Dec 3, 2020
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