Michael Hamburger's widely praised selection for the documentary record left by Beethoven himself, interspersed with comments on the composer's personality and music from the letters and journals of his contemporaries, is now republished to delight a new generation of readers. In one volume, it charts every apsect of Beethoven's life and work, from Mozart's prophetic remarks on meeting him as a young man in 1787 to Grillparzer's oration at his funeral in 1827, as well as highlighting the key feature of the social, cultural and political background to the story.
- ISBN10 0224610740
- ISBN13 9780224610742
- Publish Date March 1966
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English