Letters to Beethoven and Other Correspondence: Vol. 2 (1813-1823) (NORTH AMERICAN BEETHOVEN STUDIES) - Hardcover

Theodore Albrecht

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803210396 ISBN 13: 9780803210394

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1996

Synopsis

These volumes present approximately 430 letters and documents written to Beethoven (1770–1827) as well as those written by others (relatives, students, and secretaries) on his behalf. Along with over 70 of Beethoven’s own letters discovered since Emily Anderson’s three-volume Letters of Beethoven, these documents provide new insights into the composer’s personal life. They illuminate his dealings with publishers, other musicians, poets, patrons, relatives, friends, and a wide variety of acquaintances.

The documents provide important details about the composition of many works, Beethoven’s performance practices, his criticisms of other composers and performers, and his role in the Napoleonic era. Gleaned from more than one hundred publications and collected from autograph sources in libraries and archives in Europe and the United States, these materials have never before appeared between two covers. At least sixty of the letters have never previously been published. Letters to Beethoven and Other Correspondence vastly enlarges accessibility to Beethoven’s busy life and the music he made.

All documents are translated into English and annotated with identifications of persons and works.

About this title

About the Author:

Theodore Albrecht, a professor of music at Kent State University, provides in his preface a history of research on Beethoven's correspondence. Albrecht is the author of Ludwig Van Beethoven: A Guide to Research.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0803210396
• ISBN 13: 9780803210394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Theodore Albrecht