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In choosing Ludwig Van Beethoven as a topic for this research I found that there is such a wealth of information not only on the man and his composition, but his personal relationships and political life are frequently written of also. ... It is a study of all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies simply called Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies. ... The New Oxford History of Music was also able to come through as more than an acceptable source with its eighth volume conveniently titled The Age of Beethoven 1790-1830. ... There are many sites dedicated specifically to Beethoven’s career and an equal amount of informative research based sites committed to music. ... The next site added to my research is award winning one simply titled, The Beethoven Reference Site brought to life by Peter Harrison. The one primary source I decided on adding to this bibliography is a collection of correspondences both to and from Beethoven put together by Emily Anderson called Letters of Beethoven. ... Beethoven As I Knew Him. ...
This book stood out to begin with due to the author’s intimate relationship with the “master” Beethoven. Anton Felix Schindler was very close to Beethoven the last ten years of his life. Beethoven AS I Knew Him represents a second biography written by Schindler that is much more thorough and in depth than his hastily written first version from 1840. The book begins with a brief view of Beethoven’s family and early life and studies covering 1770-1800. ... A redeeming quality of this book is the amount of specific actions of Beethoven that are written about with great care in detail, from his responses to critics and friends to his reaction to his oncoming deafness there is a sense of connection with the subject. ... Schindler had the good fortune to observe this difficult time of Beethoven’s life. There were many troubles for Beethoven during this time. ...
There is a considerable amount of information after the biography of Beethoven’s life. ... A very helpful supplement provided in the book is some information about false or incorrectly written statement concerning Beethoven’s life and works. ... If there is a negative aspect to this book it would be the fact the Schindler was not Beethoven’s close companion for all of his life but just the latter years. ... Beethoven And His Symphonies. ... , 1962
There are many books in circulation that are studies of Beethoven’s symphonies, but in looking at quite a few Grove’s book came out as the most useful. The book is of course a very detailed analysis of the nine symphonies of Beethoven. ... Grove manages to explain any influence, either personal or musical that might have caused Beethoven to write some things the way he did.
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