Wonderfully intimate biography by Beethoven's pupil, secretary, and factotum. Extensively annotated by Beethoven scholar Donald MacArdle, it not only offers Schindler's personal view of the composer's music, personality, deafness, irascible behavior, and more — but incorporates 100 years of sub... read more
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Wonderfully intimate biography by Beethoven's pupil, secretary, and factotum. Extensively annotated by Beethoven scholar Donald MacArdle, it not only offers Schindler's personal view of the composer's music, personality, deafness, irascible behavior, and more — but incorporates 100 years of subsequent research. Revised 3rd edition. Editor's Notes. Introduction. Includes 7 illustrations.
Reprint of the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1966 edition.
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