Beethoven's Letters (17901826) by Ludwig van Beethoven, Grac... - 9781108078498

Beethoven's Letters (17901826)From the Collection of Dr Ludwig Nohl\nAuthor(s): Ludwig van Beethoven, Grace Jane Wallace\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108078498, 978-1108078498\nSynopsis\nLudwig van Beethoven [tel] was a prolific letter writer, with thousands of examples surviving to this day. 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. 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 [tel] published his collection of letters in 1865, and this two-volume English translation by Grace Jane Wallace [tel] appeared the following year, reflecting the f.