The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
After the Bust by Franz Klein 1812
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven
By Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Edited, revised and amended from the original English manuscript and the German editions of Hermann Deiters and Hugo Riemann, concluded, and all the documents newly translated
By Henry Edward Krehbiel
Volume I
Published by The Beethoven Association New York