| The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven: Volume 2 Contributor(s): Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (Author), Deiters, Hermann (Author), Riemann, Hugo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108064744 ISBN-13: 9781108064743 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $65.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 780.92 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Music |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 7" W x 10" (1.64 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 2 covers the period 1803-18, including the custody wrangles over Beethoven's nephew. |