La « vie de musicien », une projection du masculin idéal ? Genres et discours musicaux dans la première moitié du xx^e siècle

Biographies of musicians from the beginning of the twentieth century are strongly marked by the demands of the genre. They express hopes of revival linked to providential individuals and define a particular sort of masculinity. Beethoven, in particular, embodies an ideal figure : democratic, European, and masculine. His character is subject to very strong fictional constructions, in which the anxieties and aspirations of the biographers themselves are often mixed.