How Long to Read Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary

How Long Does it Take to Read Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 36 minutes to read Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary by John Clubbe

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A fascinating and in-depth exploration of how the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and Napoleon shaped Beethoven’s political ideals and inspired his groundbreaking compositions. Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in his hometown of Bonn, where they were fervently discussed in cafés and at the university. Moving to Vienna at the age of twenty-one to study with Haydn, he gained renown as a brilliant pianist and innovative composer. In that conservative city, capital of the Hapsburg empire, authorities were ever watchful to curtail and punish overt displays of radical political views. Nevertheless, Beethoven avidly followed the meteoric rise of Napoleon. As Napoleon had made strides to liberate Europe from aristocratic oppression, so Beethoven desired to liberate humankind through music. He went beyond the musical forms of Haydn and Mozart, notably in the Eroica Symphony and his opera Fidelio, both inspired by the French Revolution and Napoleon. John Clubbe illuminates Beethoven as a lifelong revolutionary through his compositions, portraits, and writings, and by setting him alongside major cultural figures of the time—among them Schiller, Goethe, Byron, Chateaubriand, and Goya.

How long is Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary?

Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary by John Clubbe is 512 pages long, and a total of 129,024 words.

This makes it 173% the length of the average book. It also has 158% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 45 minutes to read Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary aloud.

What Reading Level is Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary?

Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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