THE FIRST FOUR NOTES: BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH AND THE HUMAN IMAGINATION By Matthew Guerrieri Alfred A. Knopf, $26.95, 368 pages Da-da-da-daaa! Who does not know the first four notes of Beethoven’s Fifth ...
Rachel Parris leads us on an irreverent tour of Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th Symphony. She starts with four notes almost anybody in the world will recognise: da da da daaa! Rachel’s journey takes her ...