Learning with Ludwig: Eight Lessons in Music Theory from Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy'

First performed two hundred years ago on May 7, 1824, at Vienna’s Kärnthnerthor Theater, Beethoven’s Freude theme—or “Ode to Joy”—is perhaps the most iconic melody ever created. This book sets out to show why the Freude theme has acquired this almost mythic status and what its use in the fina...