Life of Beethoven

by Anton Schindler

"DURING the painful illness of full four months which terminated in the death of Ludwig van Beethoven, he was one day conversing with Hofrath von Breuning and myself on the subject of Plutarch's Lives. Breuning took advantage of the long-wished-for opportunity to ask Beethoven, apparently without any particular object, which of his contemporaries he should prefer for his biographer. Without the least hesitation, he replied, "Rochlitz, if he should...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1805478540
• ISBN13: 9781805478546
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Sophia Blunder
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"