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The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete
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Author : Alexander Wheelock Thayer
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
If for no other reasons than because of the long time and monumental patience expended upon its preparation, the vicissitudes through which it has passed and the varied and arduous labors bestowed upon it by the author and his editors, the history of Alexander Wheelock Thayer’s Life of Beethoven deserves to be set forth as an introduction to this work. His work it is, and his monument, though others have labored long and painstakingly upon it. There has been no considerable time since the middle of the last century when it has not occupied the minds of the author and those who have been associated with him in its creation. Between the conception of its plan and its execution there lies a period of more than two generations. Four men have labored zealously and affectionately upon its pages, and the fruits of more than four score men, stimulated to investigation by the first revelations made by the author, have been conserved in the ultimate form of the biography. It was seventeen years after Mr. Thayer entered upon what proved to be his life-task before he gave the first volume to the world—and then in a foreign tongue; it was thirteen more before the third volume came from the press. This volume, moreover, left the work unfinished, and thirty-two years more had to elapse before it was completed. When this was done the patient and self-sacrificing investigator was dead; he did not live to finish it himself nor to see it finished by his faithful collaborator of many years, Dr. Deiters; neither did he live to look upon a single printed page in the language in which he had written that portion of the work published in his lifetime. It was left for another hand to prepare the English edition of an American writer’s history of Germany’s greatest tone-poet, and to write its concluding chapters, as he believes, in the spirit of the original author. Under these circumstances there can be no vainglory in asserting that the appearance of this edition of Thayer’s Life of Beethoven deserves to be set down as a significant occurrence in musical history. In it is told for the first time in the language of the great biographer the true story of the man Beethoven—his history stripped of the silly sentimental romance with which early writers and their later imitators and copyists invested it so thickly that the real humanity, the humanliness, of the composer has never been presented to the world. In this biography there appears the veritable Beethoven set down in his true environment of men and things—the man as he actually was, the man as he himself, like Cromwell, asked to be shown for the information of posterity. It is doubtful if any other great man’s history has been so encrusted with fiction as Beethoven’s. Except Thayer’s, no biography of him has been written which presents him in his true light. The majority of the books which have been written of late years repeat many of the errors and falsehoods made current in the first books which were written about him. A great many of these errors and falsehoods are in the account of the composer’s last sickness and death, and were either inventions or exaggerations designed by their utterers to add pathos to a narrative which in unadorned truth is a hundredfold more pathetic than any tale of fiction could possibly be. Other errors have concealed the truth in the story of Beethoven’s guardianship of his nephew, his relations with his brothers, the origin and nature of his fatal illness, his dealings with his publishers and patrons, the generous attempt of the Philharmonic Society of London to extend help to him when upon his deathbed.
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Vol 1 3
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Author : Alexander Wheelock Thayer
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-12-13
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Vol 1 3 written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven is the first scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, covering Beethoven's life to 1816. Thayer became aware of many discrepancies in the already existing biographies of Beethoven, so in 1849 he sailed for Europe to undertake his own researches, learning German and collecting information. Still after many updates Thayer's biography of Beethoven is regarded as a standard work of reference on the composer.
The Life And Times Of Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Author : Susan Zannos
language : en
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
Release Date : 2019-12-05
The Life And Times Of Ludwig Van Beethoven written by Susan Zannos and has been published by Mitchell Lane this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
During Beethoven s darkest times, when he stumbled about the streets of Vienna like a ragged madman, people thought his career was over. Many of his friends and patrons had died. He no longer seemed to be producing music except for a few trivial pieces. >But appearances were wrong. He was creating what is generally regarded as his greatest single work. Known as the Ninth Symphony, it is much more difficult and massive than any of the preceding eight. But Beethoven was aware that the people of Vienna thought he was crazy. He was afraid his symphony would be rejected. Making things even worse, there had only been time for two rehearsals. By this time he was totally deaf and could not hear how well the musicians performed. On May 7, 1824, Beethoven conducted the Ninth Symphony for its premiere performance in Vienna. When the last notes of the magnificent final movement came to an end, Beethoven stood on the stage with his back to the audience. One of the singers gently turned him around so that he could see the audience. The applause was thunderous. Everyone was standing and cheering. Nearly 180 years later, Beethoven s works are still enjoyed by music lovers all over the world. On January 12, 2003, the Ninth Symphony was added to the Memory of the World register so that the compositions of Vienna s mad genius will live on forever.
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Author : Alexander Wheelock Thayer
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-01-03
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-03 with Fiction categories.
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The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Volume 3
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Author : Alexander Wheelock Thayer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-05
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Volume 3 written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with History categories.
The 1921 three-volume English edition of a landmark biography of one of the world's greatest composers.
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Volume 1 3
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Author : Alexander Wheelock Thayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Volume 1 3 written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Author : Alexander Wheelock Thayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with categories.
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Author : Alexander Whcelock Thayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven written by Alexander Whcelock Thayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with categories.
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Author : Alexander Thayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08-10
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven written by Alexander Thayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-10 with categories.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven is the first scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven.
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Volume 1
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Author : Alexander Wheelock Thayer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-05
The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethoven Volume 1 written by Alexander Wheelock Thayer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with History categories.
The 1921 three-volume English edition of a landmark biography of one of the world's greatest composers.