The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I

by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

The cover image was produced by the transcriber using an illustration from the book, and is placed in the public domain.

THE LIFE OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
VOLUME I

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

SECOND PRINTING

Copyright, 1921,
By Henry Edward Krehbiel

From the press of G. Schirmer, Inc., New York
Printed in the U. S. A.

in profound reverence this work
is dedicated by the editor
To the Memory of
Alexander Wheelock Thayer and Dr. Hermann Deiters
also in grateful appreciation
to
THE BEETHOVEN ASSOCIATION
and with a large measure of gratitude and affection
to his friend and colleague
RICHARD ALDRICH