Letters to Beethoven and other correspondence / translated and edited by Theodore Albrecht.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albrecht, Theodore.

American Beethoven Society.

Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

North American Beethoven studies ; v. 2.

North American Beethoven studies ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Correspondence.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Composers--Austria--Correspondence.

Composers.

Austria.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Biographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations, music, portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1996]

Summary:

These volumes present approximately 430 letters and documents written to Beethoven (1770-1827) as well as those written by others (relatives, students, and secretaries) on his behalf. Along with over 70 of Beethoven's own letters discovered since Emily Anderson's three-volume Letters of Beethoven, these documents provide new insights into the composer's personal life. They illuminate his dealings with publishers, other musicians, poets, patrons, relatives, friends, and a wide variety of acquaintances. The documents provide important details about the composition of many works, Beethoven's performance practices, his criticisms of other composers and performers, and his role in the Napoleonic era. Gleaned from more than one hundred publications and collected from autograph sources in libraries and archives in Europe and the United States, these materials have never before appeared between two covers. At least sixty of the letters have never previously been published. Letters to Beethoven and Other Correspondence vastly enlarges accessibility to Beethoven's busy life and the music he made. All documents are translated into English and annotated with identifications of persons and works.

Contents:

V. 1: 1772-1812

v. 2: 1813-1823

v. 3: 1824-1828.

Notes:

"Published... in association with the American Beethoven Society and the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University."

Includes bibliographical references (volume 3, pages 257-273) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0803210337

0803210396

080321040X

OCLC:

33335299