The book description for the previously published "Thayer's Life of Beethoven" is not yet available. Alexander Wheelock Thayer's Life of Beethoven. has long been recognized as the classic biography of ...

Ludwig was partial to an alcoholic beverage too. Laura Tunbridge, author of the biography Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces, notes that his doctors did recommended that he cut back, “which is ...

This Companion, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive view of Beethoven and his work. The first part of the book presents the composer as a private individual, as a professional, and at ...