How Long to Read From the Ruins of Enlightenment

How Long Does it Take to Read From the Ruins of Enlightenment?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read From the Ruins of Enlightenment by Richard Kramer

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

Description

Richard Kramer follows the work of Beethoven and Schubert from 1815 through to the final months of their lives, when each were increasingly absorbed in iconic projects that would soon enough inspire notions of “late style.” Here is Vienna, hosting a congress in 1815 that would redraw national boundaries and reconfigure the European community for a full century. A snapshot captures two of its citizens, each seemingly oblivious to this momentous political environment: Franz Schubert, not yet twenty years old and in the midst of his most prolific year—some 140 songs, four operas, and much else; and Ludwig van Beethoven, struggling through a midlife crisis that would yield the song cycle An die ferne Geliebte, two strikingly original cello sonatas, and the two formidable sonatas for the “Hammerklavier,” opp. 101 and 106. In Richard Kramer’s compelling reading, each seemed to be composing “against”—Beethoven, against the Enlightenment; Schubert, against the looming presence of the older composer even as his own musical imagination took full flight. From the Ruins of Enlightenment begins in 1815, with the discovery of two unique projects: Schubert’s settings of the poems of Ludwig Hölty in a fragmentary cycle and Beethoven’s engagement with a half dozen poems by Johann Gottfried Herder. From there, Kramer unearths previously undetected resonances and associations, illuminating the two composers in their “lonely and singular journeys” through the “rich solitude of their music.”

How long is From the Ruins of Enlightenment?

From the Ruins of Enlightenment by Richard Kramer is 266 pages long, and a total of 68,096 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read From the Ruins of Enlightenment Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 12 minutes to read From the Ruins of Enlightenment aloud.

What Reading Level is From the Ruins of Enlightenment?

From the Ruins of Enlightenment is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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