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Article: The Symphony in Beethoven's Vienna.(Book review)
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The Symphony in Beethoven's Vienna. By David Wyn Jones. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. [xii, 231 p. ISBN 10-0-521-86261-2; ISBN-13: 978-05218-6261-5. $90.] Illustrations, tables, music examples, sources, thematic catalogs and modern editions, bibliographical references, index.
Remarkable both for the uniquely accessible quality of writing and the depth of scholarship, The Symphony in Beethoven's Vienna by David Wyn Jones, Reader of Music at Cardiff University, is an excellent addition to the world of research on Beethoven's life and times for both the amateur and the more serious Beethoven scholar. Cultural historians interested in aspects of life ...