Project Gutenberg 2011-11-12 Public domain in the USA. 57 Graeme, Elliott Hiller, Ferdinand 1811 1885 Von Hiller, Ferdinand Hiller, F. (Ferdinand) Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David E. Brown, Jane Hyland, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Beethoven: A Memoir" by Elliott Graeme is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work chronicles the life and accomplishments of the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven, exploring his origins, musical training, and the various influences that shaped his career and creative output. This memoir is aimed at readers who seek a concise yet informative narrative of Beethoven's life without delving deeply into complex scholarship. At the start of the memoir, the author provides a preface that outlines the purpose of the text, stating it is a summary of Beethoven’s life based on previous biographical works. The opening chapters introduce the background of the Beethoven family, with particular emphasis on Ludwig van Beethoven's early influences, including his father's ambitions for him as a child prodigy and his rigorous musical training. The narrative sets a foundation for understanding how Beethoven’s upbringing in a modest household influenced his later creativity and character. As the memoir progresses, it hints at key themes in Beethoven's life, such as his resilience in the face of adversity and his relationships with other musicians, which will undoubtedly unfold in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 ML Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Music 386372 386337 2024-10-16T06:18:41.952788 2023-09-16T12:22:48.883903 text/html text/html 390200 2011-11-12T13:10:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 354325 2011-11-12T13:11:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 444301 2024-10-16T06:18:51.917727 application/epub+zip 447496 2024-10-16T06:18:45.673845 application/epub+zip 218001 2024-10-16T06:18:44.152816 application/epub+zip 649133 2024-10-16T06:18:56.268714 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 619788 2024-10-16T06:18:50.746733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324169 2022-09-17T11:12:44.456292 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344287 344047 2024-10-16T06:18:40.871837 2023-09-16T12:22:47.845892 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 343931 2011-11-12T13:10:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133489 2011-11-12T13:11:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 343982 2011-11-12T13:10:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133325 2011-11-12T13:11:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21374 2024-10-16T06:18:56.405737 application/rdf+xml 15196 2024-10-16T06:18:44.715780 image/jpeg 3686 2024-10-16T06:18:44.434770 image/jpeg 431541 2024-10-16T06:18:42.022812 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog