Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I
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Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I

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Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I

About this book

Volume one of the landmark biography of Ludwig van Beethoven

Alexander Wheelock Thayer’s Life of Beethoven has long been regarded as the classic biography of Beethoven. To gather the necessary materials, he went to Europe; there, he spent most of his life seeking out those persons still alive who had known Beethoven and studying the sources that were available. His biography succeeded in clearing away the romantic fiction that was then, in the 1870s, current and gave for the first time a full account of the composer’s life that was based on reliable, historical, method.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780691027173
eBook ISBN
9781400843398
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music History & Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. Chapter 1. The Electoral Court at Bonn
  8. Chapter 2. The Beethoven Family
  9. Chapter 3. Beethoven's Birth and Childhood, 1770-1784
  10. Chapter 4. Elector Max Franz and his Court—The Von Breuning Family—The Years 1784 to 1786
  11. Chapter 5. The Years 1787 to 1788—The Operatic Seasons from 1789 to 1792
  12. Chapter 6. The Years 1789 to 1792—The Move to Vienna
  13. Chapter 7. The Compositions Written at Bonn, 1786-1792
  14. Chapter 8. Beethoven's Teachers in Vienna—Viennese Composers and Society
  15. Chapter 9. The Years 1793 to 1795
  16. Chapter 10. The Years 1796 and 1797
  17. Chapter 11. The Years 1798 and 1799
  18. Chapter 12. Beethoven's Friends and Fellow Musicians—The Brunsvik Family—Character Traits—Sketchbooks— Possible Origin of Deaf ess
  19. Chapter 13. The Year 1800
  20. Chapter 14. The Year 1801
  21. Chapter 15. The Year 1802
  22. Chapter 16. The Year 1803
  23. Chapter 17. The Year 1804
  24. Chapter 18. The Year 1805
  25. Chapter 19. The Year 1806
  26. Chapter 20. The Year 1807
  27. Chapter 21. The Year 1808
  28. Chapter 22. The Year 1809
  29. Chapter 23. The Year 1810
  30. Chapter 24. The Year 1811
  31. Chapter 25. The Year 1812
  32. Chapter 26. The Year 1813
  33. Chapter 27. The Year 1814

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