Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I / / ed. by Elliot Forbes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• HerausgeberIn: Forbes, Elliot,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (656 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; VOLUME I --; From the crayon drawing by Stephan Decker (1824) --; Chapter 1. The Electoral Court at Bonn --; Chapter 2. The Beethoven Family --; Chapter 3. Beethoven's Birth and Childhood, 1770-1784 --; Chapter 4. Elector Max Franz and his Court—The Von Breuning Family—The Years 1784 to 1786 --; Chapter 5. The Years 1787 to 1788—The Operatic Seasons from 1789 to 1792 --; Chapter 6. The Years 1789 to 1792—The Move to Vienna --; Chapter 7. The Compositions Written at Bonn, 1786-1792 --; Chapter 8. Beethoven's Teachers in Vienna—Viennese Composers and Society --; Chapter 9. The Years 1793 to 1795 --; Chapter 10. The Years 1796 and 1797 --; Chapter 11. The Years 1798 and 1799 --; Chapter 12. Beethoven's Friends and Fellow Musicians—The Brunsvik Family—Character Traits—Sketchbooks— Possible Origin of Deafness --; Chapter 13. The Year 1800 --; Chapter 14. The Year 1801. Correspondence with Publishers- Early Criticisms of Beethoven's Music—Letters to Amenda and Wegeler Corfcerning Deafness —Ferdinand Ries --; Chapter 15. The Year 1802. The Heiligenstadt Testament—Beethoven's Brothers—Correspondence with Publishers --; Chapter 16. The Year 1803. The Court Theatre—Work on the "Eroica" Symphony --; Chapter 17. The Year 1804. Beginning of Work on "Leonore"— The "Eroica" Privately Performed—Beethoven and Breuning—Friendship with Countess Deym --; Chapter 18. The Year 1805. Public Performance of the "Eroica"— Countess Josephine Deym—"Leonore" Completed and Performed --; Chapter 19. The Year 1806. The Revision of "Leonore"—The Razumovsky Quartets—The Fourth Symphony --; Chapter 20. The Year 1807. Work on the Fifth Symphony—The Mass in C --; Chapter 21. The Year 1808. Completion of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies—The Concert of December 22nd --; Chapter 22. The Year 1809. The Annuity Contract—The Siege of Vienna—Piano Concerto No. 5 --; Chapter 23. The Year 1810. Decrease in Productivity—Therese Malfatti—Bettina Brentano --; Chapter 24. The Year 1811. Bettina, Beethoven and Goethe—A Sojourn in Teplitz—Sketches for New Symphonies --; Chapter 25. The Year 1812. The Austrian Finanz-Patent—Second Sojourn at Teplitz—Letters to the Immortal Beloved --; Chapter 26. The Year 1813. Financial Difficulties—Suspension of Payments—Concerts at Graz—Malzel and "Wellington's Victory"—Concerts of December 8 and 12 --; Chapter 27. The Year 1814. Quarrel with Malzel—The Revision of "Fidelio"—The Vienna Congress
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400843398; 9783110442496; 9783110784237
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400843398?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Elliot Forbes.

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