{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/af0e16de-9e4b-419b-b090-e1fe8c56f241/961a4d44-1ce9-4e43-a71f-ebbdc473f5ef?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Beethoven at 250","description":"<p>This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Paul Griffiths, the author most recently of the novel Mr Beethoven, to discuss the heroic oeuvre of the great composer, 250 years after his birth; Joseph Farrell takes us through the life and work of Gianni Rodari, a kind of Italian&nbsp;George Orwell transplanted to Neverland.</p><p><br></p><p>Selected books:</p><p>Beethoven's Conversation Books, translated and edited by Theodore Albrecht</p><p>Beethoven's Lives by Lewis Lockwood</p><p>Beethoven: A Life by Jan Caeyers</p><p>Beethoven: A life in nine pieces, by Laura Tunbridge</p><p>– <a href=\"https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/beethoven-oeuvre-250-years-paul-griffiths/]\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>read the full piece here&nbsp;</em></strong></a></p><p>Telephone Tales, by Gianni Rodari, translated by Antony Shugaar </p>","author_name":"The TLS"}