Project Gutenberg 2013-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 173 Thayer, Alexander Wheelock 1817 1897 Krehbiel, Henry Edward 1854 1923 Krehbiel, H. E. (Henry Edward) The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III 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 III" by Alexander Wheelock Thayer is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume explores the life of the renowned composer Ludwig van Beethoven during the years surrounding his guardianship over his nephew, Karl. It delves into Beethoven's personal struggles, creative projects, and the complexities of his relationships during this tumultuous period, highlighting the intersection of his professional achievements and personal challenges. The opening of this volume introduces readers to the context of Beethoven's life in 1819, focusing on the legal battles surrounding his nephew’s guardianship. It reveals Beethoven's emotional turmoil as he navigates familial conflicts, explores the challenges he faced in maintaining a productive environment for Karl's education, and highlights the impact of those struggles on his creative output. Throughout this narrative, Thayer employs various records, including Conversations Books, to provide a vivid and intimate portrait of Beethoven's life, revealing not just his genius as a composer, but also his vulnerabilities as a man grappling with personal and legal complexities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43593/43593-h/images/cover.jpg en Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 ML Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Music 1314674 1314683 2024-09-18T09:57:15.656003 2023-09-19T05:58:44.073739 text/html text/html 1344448 2013-08-28T21:18:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 1339807 2013-08-28T21:20:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1379584 2024-09-18T09:57:48.604816 application/epub+zip 1409168 2024-09-18T09:57:24.767958 application/epub+zip 561791 2024-09-18T09:57:19.649956 application/epub+zip 1686433 2024-09-18T09:58:00.897768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1565926 2024-09-18T09:57:40.745842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 804252 2022-09-19T20:43:17.541027 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1104509 2024-09-18T09:57:12.040000 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1116691 2013-08-28T21:18:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 418078 2013-08-28T21:20:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1103548 2013-08-28T21:19:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 415871 2013-08-28T21:20:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1104113 2013-08-28T21:20:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 415339 2013-08-28T21:20:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22201 2024-09-18T09:58:01.083731 application/rdf+xml 16836 2024-09-18T09:57:19.879943 image/jpeg 2886 2024-09-18T09:57:19.764944 image/jpeg 1338335 2024-09-18T09:57:15.811058 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