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Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (Version 2)
Alexander Wheelock Thayer
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The first scholarly biography on the life of Ludwig Von Beethoven. Volume 1
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Chapters
Introduction
Chapter 1 Pt. 1 Fall of the Ecclesiastical-Civil States in Germany
Chapter 1 Pt. 2 The Electors of Cologne in the Eighteenth Century
Chapter 1 Pt. 3 The Electoral Courts and Their Music
Chapter 1 Pt. 4 Earliest Records of the Beethovens
Chapter 1 Pt. 5 Musical Culture in Bonn at the Time of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Birth
Chapter 2 Beethoven’s Ancestors in Belgium
Chapter 3 Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven
Chapter 4 Early Employment of His Talent and Skill
Chapter 5 Musical Culture in the Austrian Imperial Family
Chapter 6 A Period of Artistic Inactivity in Bonn
Chapter 7 Beethoven Brought Under Refining Influences
Chapter 8 Beethoven’s Associates in the Court Orchestra
Chapter 9 The Last Three Years of Beethoven’s Life in Bonn
Chapter 10 Beethoven’s Creative Activity in Bonn
Chapter 11 Beethoven in Vienna
Chapter 12 Music in Vienna at the Time of Beethoven’s Arrival There
Chapter 13 Beethoven in Society
Chapter 14 The Years 1796 and 1797
Chapter 15 Compositions of 1798 and 1799
Chapter 16 Beethoven’s Social Life in Vienna
Chapter 17 Beethoven’s Character and Personality
Chapter 18 His First Concert on His Own Account
Chapter 19 The Year 1801
Chapter 20 Important Letters of 1801
Chapter 21 Beethoven’s Love-Affairs
Chapter 21 Postscript
Chapter 22 Pt. 1 The Year 1802
Chapter 22 Pt. 2 A Defence of Brothers Johann and Karl Kaspar