BASIC 06-FEBRUARY 2009

The Class: Keith Alvines, Orlando Anaya, Andrea Barreto, John Cabrel, Luis Calderon, Jack Calixto, Luis Garcia, Myriam Gomez, Stefanie Guerrero, Maria Huaripata, Maria Mendoza, Juan Morales, Joel Panocca, Vivian Perez, Laura Ramos, Sayra Reducindo, Karina Ruiz, Lucia Salas, Ike Santos, Yasmine Sotomayor, Denisse Vasquez, Vanessa Vilchez, Hernan Villayzan, Haydee Yupanqui, Marycielo Yupanqui, Luis Alvarez, Victor Vallejos, Diego Rua, Nelia Arias, Ernesto Bravo.

FEBRUARY 2009

BASIC 2-FEBRUARY 2009

Beethoven: The Universal Composer

From Publishers WeeklyThis addition to the Eminent Lives Series by Pulitzer-winning biographer Morris (Theodore Rex; Dutch) does not disappoint. The author provides a close analysis of only one cantata, the early (written at 19) and relatively obscure Joseph II, but leaves no doubt he could easily do the same for the more radical and magisterial works, which are "bothersome to orthodox opinion" about Beethoven's time, were the ground not so well trodden. Outsize in talent, Beethoven was a difficult, ugly little man, uncomfortable with women (Immortal Beloved and a certain amount of "groupie" attention notwithstanding, he seems never to have had a successful romantic relationship), snobbish and a raving egotist.

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Universal-Composer-Eminent-Lives/dp/0060759747/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233759162&sr=1-1