Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 - From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Nohl Beethoven Ludwig vanPaperback
Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 - From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Nohl Beethoven Ludwig vanPaperback Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 1827) was a prolific letter writer, with thousands of examples…
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Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 - From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Nohl Beethoven Ludwig vanPaperback
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 1827) was a prolific letter writer, with thousands of examples surviving to this day. Despite the fact that 'many of Beethoven's letters slumber in foreign lands, especially in the unapproachable cabinets of curiosities belonging to various close-fisted English collectors', the German musicologist Ludwig Nohl (1831 85) published his collection of letters in 1865, and this two-volume English translation by Grace Jane Wallace (1804 78) appeared the following year, reflecting the fact that interest in Beethoven had not diminished nearly forty years after his death. Often written in great haste - 'in der Eile' was a common sign-off - they allow us to follow the great composer's anxieties and preoccupations, revealing the human figure behind some of the greatest music ever written.
In Volume 2 we read of Beethoven's despair as his health fails, and of his efforts