The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven 3 Volume Set Mixed media product
by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Music series
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This authoritative biography of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a landmark in its meticulous research and use of source material.
For the American author Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817-97), it represented a lifelong labour of love, yet it remained unfinished at his death.
His friend Hermann Deiters (1833-1907) edited and translated Thayer's work into German, publishing three volumes which covered Beethoven's life to 1816.
Since Deiters also died before the biography could be completed, musicologist Hugo Riemann (1849-1919) was called upon to conclude the work.
The final German volumes appeared in 1907 and 1908. It was the American critic Henry Edward Krehbiel (1854-1923) who prepared the present work, the first and considerably revised English version, published in three volumes in 1921.
Volume 1 covers Beethoven's career up to 1802, Volume 2 covers the period 1803-18, and Volume 3 addresses Beethoven's final years, his ninth symphony and late quartets.
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- Pages:1202 pages, 4 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781108064767
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:1202 pages, 4 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781108064767
