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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Beethoven: the Man and the Artist, by Ludwig van Beethoven This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Beethoven: the Man and the Artist As Revealed in his own Words Author: Ludwig van Beethoven Editor: Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel Posting Date: February 9, 2009 [EBook #3528] Release Date: November, 2002 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BEETHOVEN: THE MAN AND THE ARTIST *** Produced by John Mamoun, Charles Franks, S. Morrison, R. Zimmerman, Andrew Sly, and the Distributed Proofreaders Team BEETHOVEN: THE MAN AND THE ARTIST, AS REVEALED IN HIS OWN WORDS By Ludwig van Beethoven Edited by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel This edition of "Beethoven: the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words," was translated into English and published in 1905 by B.W. Hubsch. It was also republished unabridged by Dover Publications, Inc., in a 1964 edition, ISBN 0-486-21261-0. TABLE OF CONTENTS: BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH PREFACE CONCERNING ART LOVE OF NATURE CONCERNING TEXTS ON COMPOSING ON PERFORMING MUSIC ON HIS OWN WORKS ON ART AND ARTISTS BEETHOVEN AS CRITIC ON EDUCATION ON HIS OWN DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER THE SUFFERER WORLDLY WISDOM GOD APPENDIX BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent classical music figures of the Western world. This German musical genius created numerous works that are firmly entrenched in the repertoire. Except for a weakness in composing vocal and operatic music (to which he himself admitted, notwithstanding a few vocal works like the opera "Fidelio" and the song "Adelaide,"), Beethoven had complete mastery of the artform. He left his stamp in 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, numerous string quartets and dozens of other key works. Many of his works are ingeniously imaginative and innovative, such as his 3rd symphony (the "Eroica"), his 9th Violin Sonata (the "Kreutzer"), his "Waldstein" piano sonata, his 4th
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