The Fabricated Image of Sound That Shakes History
"Beethoven | Fabrication"
The moment I opened this book, I felt as if I had stepped into a labyrinth of history.
Beethoven Fabrication
The Famous Producer Tells Lies
by Shiho Kagehara
The greatest scandal in music history, the "Conversation Book Tampering Incident." The long-awaited paperback release of this shocking historical non-fiction, highly praised by Miyuki Miyabe!
Was the image of Beethoven passed down to the modern day fabricated by his secretary!? A shocking historical non-fiction that approaches the truth of the "Conversation Book Tampering Incident." The "conversation books" were notebooks used by the deaf Beethoven to communicate with those around him.
The name of the "culprit" who deceived many people for over 100 years is Anton Felix Schindler. He was a musician himself, and the person who pledged loyalty and served Beethoven closer than anyone else. Why, and for what purpose, did he engage in tampering? Through the eyes of Schindler, the "culprit" of the greatest scandal in music history, we trace the music industry of the 19th century.
by Shiho Kagehara
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✻Synopsis✻
The theme is the "Conversation Book Tampering Incident," known as the greatest scandal in music history. The conversation books—notebooks for written communication that the deaf Beethoven exchanged with those around him. They were originally valuable records that should have vividly conveyed his human-like daily life and thoughts to future generations. However, those records were distorted by the hands of one person.
The name of that person is Anton Felix Schindler. A man who has long been believed to be Beethoven's loyal secretary, confidant, and a "witness" to pass on his legacy to future generations. However, as I read through the pages, I felt his image crumbling away. He was a loyal servant, but at the same time, a cold-blooded "editor." He cut out Beethoven's words, trimmed the inconvenient parts, and sometimes swapped facts to create the "story" he desired.
Why did he engage in such a dangerous act? Was it to make Beethoven look even greater, or to carve his own existence into history? I read on with the feeling of a detective trying to uncover the truth. The glamour of the 19th-century Viennese music scene, and the jealousy, power struggles, and maneuvering for fame swirling behind it—all of it connects to Schindler's tampering.
◆Impressions◆
When I finished reading the book, I thought: The "image of the solitary genius Beethoven" that we have believed in was not pure fact, but a "fiction" created by the hands of one man. That realization was a shock that sent shivers down my spine. Perhaps biographies of great figures are not the truth itself, but merely "stories" of history woven by human hands.
This book was not just music history. For me, it was an experience like a mystery novel, following the motives of the "suspect" Schindler and verifying the evidence of his tampering one by one. At the same time, it was a powerful indictment, confronting how fragile and easily manipulated history itself can be.
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