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Beethoven's Immortal Beloved : solving the mystery / Edward Walden ; introduction by William Meredith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walden, Edward, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Relations with women.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van.
- Arnim, Bettina von, 1785-1859.
- Arnim, Bettina von.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press Inc., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this thoroughly and rigorously researched book, Edward Walden carefully and meticulously presents his case that the mysterious woman known as Beethoven's 'Immortal Beloved' was Bettina Brentano, an artistic and talented musician in her own right.
- Contents:
- Beethoven's letter to the Immortal Beloved
- Beethoven's Immortal Beloved
- Beethoven and Bettina after 1812
- The mysterious missing letters
- The Teplitz letter and the Ilius manuscript
- Bettina's concept of love
- The Beethoven-Bettina romance
- Beethoven the poet
- The tarnishing of Bettina's reputation
- Beethoven's Goethe songs
- The modern image of Bettina
- The Antonie theory
- Synopsis and conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-29542-6
- 1-282-97540-4
- 9786612975400
- 0-8108-7774-0
- OCLC:
- 705337220
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