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Title: Beethoven's Hair( An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: RussellMartin <>Publisher: BroadwayBooks
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As Ferdinand Hiller stood beside Beethoven's coffin he asked whether he could cut off a lock of the master composer's hair. In the days before the invention of photography this was not an unusual request; in fact it was common for people to keep locks of hair as remembrances of those who had died. The historical keepsake continued to be passed down subsequent generations of the Hiller family, until years later the heirloom (pun intended) mysteriously came into the possession of a Danish doctor who had been involved in helping hundreds of Jews forced into hiding from the Gestapo during World War II. Who handed the antiquity to the doctor, and why, is just one of the riddles thrown up by a treasure trail that spans two centuries and touches countless lives.
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Beethoven's Hair is a historical jigsaw painstakingly pieced together by Russell Martin (author of the highly acclaimed Out of Silence who discovers that as the macabre memento travels through time it has a profound effect on the people who become intrinsically linked by its existence. Revered by Beethoven enthusiasts around the world, the historical lock is considered a true relic that keeps "the spirit of [Beethoven] present and somehow wonderfully alive". As does Martin's book, by sporadically transporting the reader back to 19th-century Vienna for a colourful glimpse of the great composer's life. And now, thanks to modern-day DNA testing, previously unknown secrets about the man who became a musical genius can be revealed. This is a fascinating read. --Christopher Kelly
Russell Martin is the author of five works of non-fiction, including the highly acclaimed Out of Silence, and a novel. He lives in Colorado.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The basis for the movie of the same name, an astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its amazing travels--from nineteenth-century Vienna to twenty-first-century America.When Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827, a young musician named Ferdinand Hiller came to pay his respects to the great composer, snipping a lock of Beethoven's hair as a keepsake--as was custom at the time--in the process. For a century, the lock of hair was a treasured Hiller family relic, until it somehow found its way to the town of Gilleleje, in Nazi-occupied Denmark. There, it was given to a local doctor, Kay Fremming, who was deeply involved in the effort to help save hundreds of hunted and frightened Jews.After Fremming's death, his daughter assumed ownership of the lock, and eventually consigned it for sale at Sotheby's, where two American Beethoven enthusiasts, Ira Brilliant and Che Guevara, purchased it in 1994. Subsequently, they and others instituted a series of complex forensic tests in the hope of finding the probable causes of the composer's chronically bad health, his deafness, and the final demise that Ferdinand Hiller had witnessed all those years ago. The results, revealed for the first time here, are the most compelling explanation yet offered for why one of the foremost musicians the world has ever known was forced to spend much of his life in silence.In Beethoven's Hair, Russell Martin has created a rich historical treasure hunt, a tale of false leads, amazing breakthroughs, and incredible revelations. This unique and fascinating book is a moving testament to the power of music, the lure of relics, the heroism of the Resistance movement, and the brilliance of molecular science. An adventure story starring a lock of Beethoven's hair, this true tale mixes history, music and science into a compelling narrative. Beginning in 1827, when 582 strands of the great composer's hair were cut from his scalp, the author traces the history of the lock right up to the present day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780767903516
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