As someone who took piano lessons from childhood on, I've always had a particular love of the Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. So this book's historical look at the relationship that inspired the amazing work intrigued me. The author kindly includes a detailed character list at the beginning—which is needed because there is quite a cast of characters with long, sometimes unfamiliar names—showing the sometimes complex relationships between them. This interested me even more because other musical greats are listed, like Czerny and Rossini. Napoleon is even noted as a character, so I thought the book would be an interesting and wide-ranging one.
While I did love the idea of surrounding myself with all that was Vienna and Beethoven at such an important time in music history, I found the writing of this book itself to be often more telling than showing. We are simply told of events or information, not seeing them unfold within the context of a true scene between individuals. Personally, I find that distancing, and I prefer a much more immersive “showing” reading experience. I did enjoy certain scenes, like the musical duel between Beethoven and Steibelt. Actually, I thought the author excelled when describing Beethoven's music and its impact on the listener. Even though I would consider this to be literary historical fiction, I felt like I kept waiting for something to happen in the early parts of the book, though. All that said, I am such a lover of the Moonlight Sonata that I still appreciated this fictionalized account of the story behind it. I think it is particularly well suited for those who have a love of classical music, as I do. I loved being in Beethoven's world, even if it was just through fiction.
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