In Search of Beethoven plays like a good, if necessarily condensed critical biography. Drawing from archival letters, interviews with contemporary musicians and historians, and a generous selection of ...

“‘In Search of Beethoven’ plays like a good, if necessarily condensed critical biography,” writes the Village Voice’s Andrew Schenker. “Drawing from archival letters, interviews with contemporary ...

When making his previous film, In Search of Mozart, director Phil Grabsky heard enough about Beethoven to make him think that should be his next subject. The result, In Search of Beethoven, is a ...

Sometimes, when fielding audience questions after screenings of “In Search of Beethoven,” Phil Grabsky lets it slip that an early cut of his 2009 documentary stretched to 11 1/2 hours long. “People ...

A notable improvement over “In Search of Mozart,” documaker Phil Grabsky’s previous biographical portrait of a legendary composer, “In Search of Beethoven” manages a much defter balance between words ...

It’s the composer’s 250th birthday, and a pilgrimage shines new light on his art and life. At the baroque Austrian National Library in Vienna, an extensive Beethoven exhibition includes the manuscript ...

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"In Search of Beethoven": takes a comprehensive look at the composer's life through historical research and Beethoven's biography and letters, but with the emphasis always on the performance -- and ...