{"product_id":"beethoven-hero-9780691044071","title":"Beethoven Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing together reception history  music analysis and criticism  the history of music theory  and the philosophy of music  Beethoven Hero explores the nature and persistence of Beethovens heroic style. What have we come to value in this music  asks Scott Burnham  and why do generations of critics and analysts hear it in much the same way? Specifically  what is it that fosters the intensity of listener engagement with the heroic style  the often overwhelming sense of identification with its musical process? Starting with the story of heroic quest heard time and again in the first movement of the Eroica Symphony  Burnham suggests that Beethovens music matters profoundly to its listeners because it projects an empowering sense of self  destiny  and freedom  while modeling ironic self-consciousness.  In addition to thus identifying Beethovens music as an overarching expression of values central to the age of Goethe and Hegel  the author describes and then critiques the process by which the musical values of the heroic style quickly became the controlling model of compositional logic in Western music criticism and analysis. Apart from its importance for students of Beethoven  this book will appeal to those interested in canon formation in the arts and in music as a cultural  ethical  and emotional force--and to anyone concerned with what we want from music and what music does for us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924562083893,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691044074","price":250.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691044071.jpg?v=1794136616","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/beethoven-hero-9780691044071","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}