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The Life of Beethoven 2 Volume Set: The Life of Beethoven: Including his Correspondence With his Friends, Numerous Characteristic Traits, and Remarks. 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Music)
Anton Schindler
(Author)
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Ignaz Moscheles
(Illustrated by, Translated by)
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Cambridge University Press
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The Life of Beethoven 2 Volume Set: The Life of Beethoven: Including his Correspondence With his Friends, Numerous Characteristic Traits, and Remarks. 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Music) - Schindler, Anton ; Moscheles, Ignaz ; Moscheles, Ignaz
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Synopsis "The Life of Beethoven 2 Volume Set: The Life of Beethoven: Including his Correspondence With his Friends, Numerous Characteristic Traits, and Remarks. 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Music)"
Violinist and conductor Anton Schindler (1795-1864) became Beethoven's unpaid private secretary for two periods in the 1820s, notably caring for the composer in his last months. Schindler published his biography of Beethoven in 1840, and in 1841 this English translation appeared, with a preface and additional letters provided by the pianist Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), who in 1814 had prepared the piano version of Fidelio for publication by Artaria. That the biography is unreliable has long been recognised, as it presents Schindler's idealised, romantic view of Beethoven, whom he revered, and contains inaccuracies and fabrications uncovered by later research. While the work must therefore be approached with care, it remains nonetheless an important source of first-hand information through its use of documents unavailable to other early biographers. Volume 2 covers the period 1824-7, and includes Schindler's observations on Beethoven's music and character.
