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Beethoven's Ninth: A Political History (Reprint Edition) by Esteban Buch, Richard Miller (Translator), Richard Miller Phd Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-226-07824-8 / 0226078248 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-07824-3 / 9780226078243 Who hasn't been stirred by the strains of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony? That's a good question, claims Esteban Buch. German nationalists and French republicans, communists and Catholics have all, in the course of history, embraced the piece. It was performed under the direction of Leonard Bernstein at |