Beethoven and His Forerunners

by Daniel Gregory Mason

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Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Daniel Gregory Mason (November 20, 1873 – December 4, 1953) was an American composer and music critic.

Reviews

[Keith Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

I first found this book to be comical because so much of the language is antiquated (I wouldn't say archaic). However, once you become accustomed to the language you find that it is written fairly well. One comes away with a knowledge of "Beethoven and his forunners," like the title suggests.

I would recommend this book to new comers to classical music who want to learn about specific composers. The reader will come away with just enough information to have an intelligible conversation about the subject(s).

Although I am a preponant of authors having unambiguous opinions, I felt that Mason could go on rants at times. He clearly had a disliking for Johann van Beethoveen, Ludwig's nephew Carl and many other inviduals in Ludwig's family. It seemed that every time these figures were mentioned, he went on a rant about how horrible the people where. It was distracting (amusing) at times.