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1. Ludwig van Beethoven: 1770 - 1827 (Unabridged) by David Allen | |
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list price: US$10.89 Asin: B000H7J8SG Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
2. Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827: Konzertfuhrer | |
Hardcover: 319
Pages
(1988)
Isbn: 3795724694 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
3. Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 (Music's mighty masters) by H. A Rudall | |
Unknown Binding: 165
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(1900)
Asin: B00087MCSS Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827: Ausstellung der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Munchen, September bis November 1977 : Katalog (Ausstellungs-Kataloge / Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) | |
Paperback: 178
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(1977)
Isbn: 3795202337 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827;: Sein Leben in Bildern by Richard Petzoldt | |
Unknown Binding: 35
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(1960)
Asin: B0007ITRVI Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer's World) by Wendy Thompson | |
Hardcover: 48
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(1991-04-01)
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7. Ludwig Van Beethoven (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) by Mike Venezia | |
Paperback: 32
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(1996-10)
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An entertaining juvenile biography of the great Ludwig Van |
8. The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Jonah Winter | |
Hardcover: 40
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(2006-09-26)
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Bravo!
So Much Fun
A very different kind of story youngsters will relish.
39 Facts of Fun |
9. Ludwig Van Beethoven: Musical Genius (Great Life Stories) by Brendan January | |
Library Binding: 111
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(2004-09)
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10. Memories of Beethoven: From the House of the Black-Robed Spaniards (Canto original series) by Gerhard von Breuning | |
Paperback: 168
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(1995-03-31)
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A wonderful little book!
REMEMBERING BEETHOVEN. Edited by Maynard Solomon and translated for the first time from theoriginal German by him and Henry Mins, the book FROM THE HOUSE OF THE BLACKSPANIARD -REMEMBRANCES OF BEETHOVEN FROM MY YOUTH was authored by Dr.Gerhard von Breuning and first published in Vienna in 1874. The title isfitting. As a 12-year-old, the author (whose father was a close friend ofthe composer) was privy to Beethoven's inner circle and played a small butimportant role in the composer's daily existence during the last year and ahalf of his life. He helped him in various ways by assisting with hiscorrespondence, running special errands, helping him keep order in hisdwelling, and doing what he could during Beethoven's last illness. The boyeventually developed for the composer a feeling approaching worship.Beethoven reciprocated this devotion by guiding some of the boy's musicaleducation. When the young Gerhard eventually asked the older man'spermission to address him with the familiar Du (rather than the formalSie), the boy was overjoyed when Beethoven consented. Dr. Solomon saysin the book's introduction, "Like many children, Gerhard was a keenobserver of small details..." This boy, who became a respected Viennesephysician, evidently was the early 19th-century counterpart of today's "kidwho doesn't miss a thing" (even pinpointing in his book such details as theexact location and number of windows of Beethoven's street-facing top floorapartment). His precision was fortunate and significant for posterity: itextended even to the minutest specifics about Beethoven's dwelling,personality and character, mood swings, daily conversations about hiscircumstances, personal preferences and other matters now irretrievablybeyond our reach and forever lost. Often even the smallest details, aboutany subject, can be keys to opening large doors behind which are answers tosome important questions. Beethoven's life was dramatic enough without theneed for embellishment a-la-Hollywood, and von Breuning illuminates hissubject from the real-world viewpoint. His book takes its name from thebuilding, the Schwarzspanierhaus (House of the Black Spaniard) -Beethoven's last residence, and where he died on Monday, March 26, 1827. InVienna today, the site of the house (demolished ca.1904) isSchwarzspanierstrasse 15, marked with a memorial plaque and thecharacteristic red and white Austrian banner. In his day the address was200 Alsergrund am Glacis. Because of its Beethoven connection the streetwas later renamed Schwarzspanierstrasse: the composer's swarthy complexionin his youth prompted some to call him The Black Spaniard - which in turnmight have been what induced a few revisionist claims in our day that thecomposer was negro. When Gerhard von Breuning died in 1892 he was thelast survivor of those who hadpersonally known Beethoven. Though hisaccounts were written late in life, he was there to witness the events ofthe composer's last years. This gives us not only a more immediate picture,but perhaps more importantly, bottom-line details which shed a bright lighton what transpired more than a century and a half ago. This proximity givesspecial value to accounts like these. Among the book's photographs areBeethoven's desk, the entrance hall and main door to the very apartment heoccupied in the Schwarzspanierhaus, the building's exterior, anintriguiging floor plan of the actual dwelling, and Gerhard von Breuninghimself in old age. Perhaps the most compelling illustration is a superbphotograph of Beethoven's life-mask, made by Franz Klein in 1812. It'scompelling because it offers a literal glimpse into the past: Beethovenlived before the advent of photography, but this life mask represents himeffectively as he looked at 42 and gives us the most accurate rendering wehave of his physical features. Artists might disagree - but thisillustration, by its very immediacy, seems to enlarge and strengthen thelinks in the chain that binds us to our own musical history. VonBreuning's reports range from the humorous and fascinating - aboutBeethoven's fondness for puns and sarcasm - to the exasperating and evenheartbreaking: Gerhard was devastated when as a young adult the numeroushandwritten notes he had received from Beethoven were inadvertentlydiscarded by a servant who thought they were trash. This book is forthose who want to know about Beethoven from someone who truly knew him.Historians compile and present an amalgam of data; author von Breuning viaeditor Solomon takes us into a courtroom and displays primary evidenceunsullied by the traditional legendary gloss, the ghosts of myth, and thepassage of more than 17 decades. Though no-one's memory is infallible, hestill places before us, devoid of cosmetic veneer, the raw material fromwhich we can experience our own reactions, form our own opinions, and drawour own conclusions. The editor of this work has prepared a book thatcan be read and enjoyed by both reader and scholar. It's content isauthentic, not synthetic - a treasury of material taken from a primarysource: someone who literally knew Beethoven and who reports from thisdistinctive perspective. There are few if any substitutes for accounts likethese, and a more superlative book of this type would be hard to imagine. There's no other book quite like it so its singularity makes it quitespecial. About Beethoven there are countless tomes, perhaps more than aboutany other composer, but this book provides something rather unique, whichadds to its value: a compendium of fascinating details that would bedifficult, if not altogether impossible, to find in any other singlevolume. The book is, in a word, superb and for both the reader andresearcher can be enjoyable, even fascinating and, perhaps moreimportantly, enlightening reading. JEFFREY DANE ... Read more |
11. The Letters of Beethoven by Ludwig van Beethoven | |
Hardcover: 1
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(1986-01)
list price: US$75.00 Isbn: 0393022471 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
12. Ludwig Van Beethoven (Primary Source Library of Famous Composers) by Eric Michael Summerer | |
Library Binding: 32
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(2005-10)
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13. Ludwig van Beethoven (Musicmakers: World's Greatest Composers) (Masters of Music) by Susan Zannos | |
Library Binding: 48
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(2003-05)
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Editorial Review Book Description But appearances were wrong. He was creating what is generally regarded as his greatest single work. Known as the Ninth Symphony, it is much more difficult and massive than any of the preceeding eight. But Beethoven was aware that the people of Vienna thought he was crazy. He was afraid his symphony would be rejected. Making things even worse, there had only been time for two rehearsals. By this time he was totally deaf and could not hear how well the musicians performed. So on May 7, 1824, Beethoven conducted the Ninth Symphony for its premiere performance in Vienna. When the last notes of the magnificent final movement came to an end, Beethoven stood on the stage with his back to the audience. One of the singers gently turned him around so he could see the audience. The applause was thunderous. Everyone was standing and cheering. Nearly 180 years later, Beethoven's works are still enjoyed by music lovers all over the world. On January 12, 2003, the Night Symphony was added to the "Memory of the World" register so that the compositions ofVienna's "mad genius" will live on for eternity. |
14. Ludwig Van Beethoven by Juan Van Den Eynde | |
Hardcover: 199
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(2000-10)
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15. Giants of the Arts: Ludwig Van Beethoven, Charles Dickens, Vincent Van Gogh (Exploring the Past) | |
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(1991-09)
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16. Ludwig Van Beethoven: An Essential Guide to His Life and Works (Classic FM Lifelines) by Stephen Johnson | |
Paperback: 108
Pages
(1997-10)
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delightful, short, eminently readable biography This is a appetizer; it's a great book for someone who wants to learn about Beethoven but who is not yet prepared to plow through a long, technical biography.I understand that there is some controversy about Beethoven's life & love affairs -- this book doesn't address the controversy; it's a rather simple presentation, though it does present the basics well, and provides some background for someone who wants basic familiarity with the composer's life.Although it is hard to find, it may be available in public libraries.I highly recommend it. ... Read more |
17. Ludwig Van Beethoven (Lifetimes) by Richard Tames | |
School & Library Binding: 32
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(1991-03)
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18. Ludwig van Beethoven: Play by Play/Symphony No.3 "Eroica"; The "Egmont" Overture by Alan Rich | |
Hardcover: 160
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(1995-06)
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19. Eroica: A Novel Based on the Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Samuel Chotzinoff | |
Hardcover: 312
Pages
(1930-06)
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Journey into the Virtuoso's life and golden age of music Chotzinoff skillfully transports the reader to 19th centuryVienna and demurely reveals the idiosyncracies of the aristocracy throughrich characterizations and Beethoven's introspections. The music lover willalso love the author's interpretations of the inspirations and motivationsfor many of the virtuoso's masterpieces. I have a first edition of thiswhich has sat on my shelf for over ten years because I've always misreadthe jacket lettering as "Erotica".Sadly, Beethoven isrepresented as tragically inept at the art of love.I believe thatChotzinoff purports that his turmoil in arena of love allowed Ludwig thefreedom, and also the pain requisite in many an art form.I do objecthowever to the author's contention that much of Beethoven's musicalambition was a result of his desire to be accepted by the gentry, to whichhe died an outsider.Overall, the book was an insightful journey into thevirtuoso's life and the golden age of music. ... Read more |
20. Ludwigvon Beethoven (Musical Picture Book) by Lene Mayer-Skumanz | |
Hardcover: 40
Pages
(2007-08-16)
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