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The life of Ludwig van Beethoven Volume 1 / by Alexander Wheelock Thayer ; edited, revised and amended from the original English manuscript and the German editions of Hermann Deiters and Hugo Riemann, concluded, and all the documents newly translated by Henry Edward Krehbiel.

Av:

Thayer, Alexander Wheelock, 1817-1897 [aut]

Medverkande:

text

Medietyp:

unmediated

Bärartyp:

volume

ISBN:

9781108064736

Ämne:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Genre/Form:

Biografier

DDK-klassifikation:

780.92 23/swe

SAB-klassifikation:

Ijz Beethoven, Ludwig van

Sammanfattning: 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 1 covers Beethoven's career through to 1802, the year of the Heiligenstadt Testament. Volume 2 covers the period 1803–18, and Volume 3 addresses Beethoven's final years, his ninth symphony and late quartets.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A	B33.844 M	Available	26201867370

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Digitalt reproducerad utgåva av originalet från 1921.

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 1 covers Beethoven's career through to 1802, the year of the Heiligenstadt Testament. Volume 2 covers the period 1803–18, and Volume 3 addresses Beethoven's final years, his ninth symphony and late quartets.