{"product_id":"beethoven-hardcover-journal","title":"Ludwig van Beethoven - Hardcover Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery great thinker kept notes. This one honors the composer who kept writing music after he could no longer hear it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Beethoven hardcover journal features an elegant silhouette portrait on the front cover and a biographical tribute on the back - the story of the man behind the art, printed where you'll see it every time you pick it up. Part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/collections\/silhouettes-of-genius-legends-of-classical-music\" title=\"Silhouettes of Sounds: Legends of Classical Music\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilhouettes of Sound\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e collection. A distinctive gift for classical music lovers, musicians, and anyone who keeps their best ideas close at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeethoven began losing his hearing in his late twenties. By his mid-forties he was profoundly deaf. The music he wrote during and after that descent - the late string quartets, the Ninth Symphony, the \u003cem\u003eMissa Solemnis\u003c\/em\u003e - is among the most complex and emotionally searching ever composed. He heard none of it performed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe arrived in Vienna in 1792 to study under Haydn and quickly outgrew every teacher he encountered. His early works showed a composer fully in command of the Classical tradition. His middle period - the \u003cem\u003eEroica\u003c\/em\u003e Symphony, the Fifth, the \u003cem\u003eAppassionata\u003c\/em\u003e Sonata - showed a composer dismantling that tradition from the inside, stretching its forms to accommodate emotions they had never been asked to carry before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis late period is in a category of its own. The final string quartets move through keys and moods with a freedom that baffled his contemporaries and continues to reward close listening two centuries later. The Ninth Symphony, premiered when he was completely deaf, introduced a choral finale to the symphonic form - an innovation so bold it took the rest of the 19th century to fully absorb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was difficult, solitary, and uncompromising to a degree that made ordinary life almost impossible. He was also the greatest composer who ever lived, depending on who you ask - and the argument is serious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover with matte laminate finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull wraparound portrait print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographical tribute printed on back cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlexible casewrap binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerforated pages for clean tear-out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e150 lined pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWipe clean gently with a dry cloth if needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA tool for your ideas. A tribute to his.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":47167618252967,"sku":"31773081726132423100","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2249\/5399\/files\/beethoven-hardcover-journal-music-composer-illustration.jpg?v=1774124828","url":"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/products\/beethoven-hardcover-journal","provider":"LegendSketch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}