The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven: Volume 3 (Cambridge Library Collection - Music) - Softcover

Thayer, Alexander Wheelock; Deiters, Hermann; Riemann, Hugo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108064752 ISBN 13: 9781108064750

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

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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Book Description:

American author Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817-97) sought to write an authoritative biography of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). A landmark in its use of source material, it remained unfinished at his death. This three-volume English edition, translated and revised from German versions, was first published in 1921.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1108064752
• ISBN 13: 9781108064750
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366