The Beloved Vision

A rich and luminous biography of nineteenth century music. ",="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 14px;="" background-color:="" rgb(251,="" 252,="" 253);"="">**A New Yorker "Best Book of the Year"** When one thinks of “great” classical music—music with the most emotional resonance and timelessness—we harken back to the nineteenth century and the Romantic tradition. We recall the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera, the swooning orchestration o