Focusing on responses to the symphony in the age of Beethoven, this work draws on contemporary accounts and a range of sources - philosophical, literary, politi... » 

Focusing on responses to the symphony in the age of Beethoven, this work draws on contemporary accounts and a range of sources - philosophical, literary, political, and musical - to reveal how this music was experienced by those who heard it first. It is a reinterpretation of the causes and effects of a revolution in listening. «