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By Paul Griffiths

Narrated by: Paul Griffiths

Unabridged — 6 hours, 56 minutes

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Overview

Based on the German composer's own correspondence, this inventive, counterfactual work of historical fiction imagines Beethoven traveling to America to write an oratorio based on the Book of Job.

It is a matter of historical record that in 1823 the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston (active to this day) sought to commission Beethoven to write an oratorio.

The premise of Paul Griffiths's ingenious and delightful novel is that Beethoven accepted the commission and traveled to the United States ...