![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "It was really both the first extended review of the Fifth Symphony that we have," he tells NPR's Robert Siegel, "and it was also really this one particular review that is the bridge between Beethoven as a composer of the classical era and Beethoven as this sort of almost musical mascot of the German Romantic movement, which really became one of the most long-lasting and persistent images of Beethoven that we have."īut here's a crucial detail about Hoffmann's review - when he wrote it, he hadn't actually heard the Fifth Symphony. Hoffmann, not long after the symphony was first performed. Guerrieri says that one of the most influential reviews of that work was written in 1810 by E.T.A. You may have seen Hoffman's name recently in Matthew Guerrieri's new book The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination. Hoffmann, original author of The Nutcracker. His name used to be hugely famous, but nowadays, it draws blank stares, even from people who know that work. This is the time of year when one man's work is widely - if indirectly - celebrated. Hoffmann's original story, "Nutcracker and Mouse King," is darker and spookier than the ballet version most people know. ![]()
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