Beethoven Remembered: The Biographical Notes of Franz Wegeler and Ferdinand Ries (English and German Edition)

By Franz Wegeler and Ferdinand Ries

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915556154
• ISBN13: 9780915556151
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Great River Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Well done!

This book is well written and the reader senses that the writers were attempting to be as accurate as possible in giving us a picture of the genius as well as the person, Beethoven. There is something special about reading first hand accounts of the lives of great men. Another good book in this vein is "Memories of Beethoven" written by Gerhard von Breuning. Gerhard was the son of one of Beethoven's oldest friends, Stephan von Breuning, and the boy visited Beethoven frequently during Beethoven's final illness. Beethoven delighted in seeing the youngster and nicknamed him "Trouserbutton" as Gerhard developed a close and loving relationship with Beethoven. Sadly, Stephan von Breuning, Beethoven's old friend, died only a few months after Beethoven. Another member of Beethoven's circle during his last years, Anton Schindler, also wrote a book titled "Beethoven As I Knew Him." Beethoven scholars are doubtful of the veracity of some of Schindler's stories and Schindler, at times, appears to use his relationship with Beethoven for his own self-promotion by exaggerating his own importance in Beethoven's life. Neither of the first two books are long but they are both very enjoyable. I, for one, am grateful to those authors for sharing their experiences with me and helping me understand more about the humanness of the great artist, Beethoven.