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The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven: Volume 3

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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 3 covers Beethoven's final years, his ninth symphony and late quartets.

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ISBN: 9781108064750
Publication date: 5th September 2013
Author: Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 366 pages
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Music
Genres: Art music, orchestral and formal music
Composers and songwriters