Description: Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part II by Elliot Forbes "Tenth paperback printing, for the first time in two volumes, 1991"--Title page verso. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Alexander Wheelock Thayers Life of Beethoven. has long been recognized as the classic biography of Beethoven. "Thayer, with his calm and logical mind, scrupulous, magnanimous and spacious...had set out to describe for posterity the great man as he was and lived...and his patient realism and all but inexhaustible industry had created an irreplaceable and masterly portrait." So Van Wyck Brooks described this monumental work of the 1880s. Thayer talked with Beethovens surviving friends, gathered anecdotes, and sifted hundreds of documents. The resulting wealth of detail stimulated other students, and a mass of Beethoven scholarship appeared. Now Elliot Forbes, one of the foremost Beethoven scholars of our time, has used this new material to bring the Life up to elate without sacrificing Thayers text. Review "A model of objective biography, one that is amazingly modern and as valuable today as when it was written... Thayers Life remains the definitive biography."--The New York Times Long Description Alexander Wheelock Thayers Life of Beethoven. has long been recognized as the classic biography of Beethoven. "Thayer, with his calm and logical mind, scrupulous, magnanimous and spacious...had set out to describe for posterity the great man as he was and lived...and his patient realism and all but inexhaustible industry had created an irreplaceable and masterly portrait." So Van Wyck Brooks described this monumental work of the 1880s. Thayer talked with Beethovens surviving friends, gathered anecdotes, and sifted hundreds of documents. The resulting wealth of detail stimulated other students, and a mass of Beethoven scholarship appeared. Now Elliot Forbes, one of the foremost Beethoven scholars of our time, has used this new material to bring the Life up to elate without sacrificing Thayers text. Review Quote A model of objective biography, one that is amazingly modern and as valuable today as when it was written. . . . Thayers Life remains the definitive biography. -- The New York Times Details ISBN0691027188 Author Elliot Forbes Publisher Princeton University Press Series Thayers Life of Beethoven Language English ISBN-10 0691027188 ISBN-13 9780691027180 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 2 Year 1967 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Edited by Elliot Forbes Illustrations Ill. Short Title THAYERS LIFE OF BEETHOVEN PART Pages 552 Edition Description Revised Edition 2nd Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780691027180 UK Release Date 1967-05-21 NZ Release Date 1967-05-21 US Release Date 1967-05-21 Publication Date 1967-05-21 DEWEY 780.92 Audience General AU Release Date 1967-07-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:8369160;
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Book Title: Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part II
Item Height: 235mm
Item Width: 152mm
Author: Elliot Forbes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Music
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 1967
Item Weight: 907g
Number of Pages: 552 Pages
