Project Gutenberg 2013-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 204 Thayer, Alexander Wheelock 1817 1897 Krehbiel, Henry Edward 1854 1923 Krehbiel, H. E. (Henry Edward) The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries and Google Print.) "The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II" by Alexander Wheelock Thayer is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This biography delves into the life and works of the renowned composer Ludwig van Beethoven, focusing on his artistic journey, relationships, and the significant events that shaped his career during the early 1800s. The opening of the volume sets the scene in Vienna around the year 1803, detailing the artistic climate of the time, Beethoven's engagement at the Theater-an-der-Wien, and his first oratorio, "Christus am Ölberg." It describes the competition in the operatic world, particularly with the rise of Cherubini's works, and highlights Beethoven's collaboration with the notable violinist Bridgetower on the "Kreutzer" Sonata. The narrative unfolds the challenges and triumphs of Beethoven's early career, touching on his relationships with other musicians and his growing popularity while facing the struggles of increasing deafness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43592/43592-h/images/cover.jpg en Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 ML Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Music 1382340 1382322 2024-10-18T10:08:42.453286 2023-09-19T05:58:15.160514 text/html text/html 1408755 2013-08-28T21:15:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 981148 2013-08-28T21:17:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1020872 2024-10-18T10:09:00.908218 application/epub+zip 1057551 2024-10-18T10:08:45.266268 application/epub+zip 624169 2024-10-18T10:08:43.738348 application/epub+zip 1408241 2024-10-18T10:09:11.799150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1367432 2024-10-18T10:08:59.146315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 936126 2022-09-19T20:42:28.313115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1254307 2024-10-18T10:08:39.953367 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1267472 2013-08-28T21:14:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 488474 2013-08-28T21:17:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1253107 2013-08-28T21:16:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 485835 2013-08-28T21:17:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1253916 2013-08-28T21:17:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 485373 2013-08-28T21:17:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23265 2024-10-18T10:09:12.393160 application/rdf+xml 16744 2024-10-18T10:08:43.912322 image/jpeg 2844 2024-10-18T10:08:43.826257 image/jpeg 977433 2024-10-18T10:08:42.616264 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia