{"product_id":"the-life-of-ludwig-van-beethoven-volume-1-paperback-9781108064736","title":"The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven: Volume 1 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108064736","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Ludwig van Beethoven: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1921 three-volume English edition of a landmark biography of one of the world's greatest composers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexander Wheelock Thayer (Author), Hermann Deiters (Author), Hugo Riemann (Author), Henry Edward Krehbiel (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108064736, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e404 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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 1 covers Beethoven's career through to 1802, the year of the Heiligenstadt Testament.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Fall of the ecclesiastical-civil states in Germany\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beethoven's ancestors in Belgium\u003cbr\u003e 3. Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven\u003cbr\u003e 4. Beethoven a pupil of Neefe\u003cbr\u003e 5. Elector Max Franz\u003cbr\u003e 6. Beethoven again\u003cbr\u003e 7. The family von Breuning\u003cbr\u003e 8. The national theatre of Elector Max Franz\u003cbr\u003e 9. The last three years of Beethoven's life in Bonn\u003cbr\u003e 10. Beethoven's creative activity in Bonn\u003cbr\u003e 11. Beethoven in Vienna\u003cbr\u003e 12. Music in Vienna at the time of Beethoven's arrival there\u003cbr\u003e 13. Beethoven in society\u003cbr\u003e 14. The years 1796 and 1797\u003cbr\u003e 15. General Bernadotte\u003cbr\u003e 16. Beethoven's social life in Vienna\u003cbr\u003e 17. Beethoven's character and personality\u003cbr\u003e 18. Beethoven's brothers\u003cbr\u003e 19. The year 1801\u003cbr\u003e 20. Important letters of 1801\u003cbr\u003e 21. Beethoven's love-affairs\u003cbr\u003e 22. The year 1802.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20music%20%5Bc%201750%20to%20c%201830%5D%20%5BAVGC4%5D%22\"\u003ec 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266149470488,"sku":"9781108064736","price":43.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108064736i_a60ea828-2f14-40aa-89fb-e6f15b2f5e9c.jpg?v=1696748551","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-ludwig-van-beethoven-volume-1-paperback-9781108064736","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}