If for no other reasons than because of the long time and monumental patience expended upon its preparation, the vicissitudes through which it has passed and th

The 1921 three-volume English edition of a landmark biography of one of the world's greatest composers.

Although some portions of Thayer's original text have been deleted because recent Beethoven research has proved them inaccurate, "the majority of the text used

How hard is it to move 5 legless pianos 39 times? Beethoven owned five legless pianos and composed great works on the floor. His first apartment was in the cent

"With unprecedented access to the archives at the Beethoven House in Bonn, ... Beethoven conductor and scholar Jan Caeyers ... weaves together a deeply human an