The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven: Volume 3

By Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann, Alexander Wheelock Thayer, et al.

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108064752
• ISBN13: 9781108064750
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"