{"product_id":"beethoven-as-i-knew-him-9780486292328","title":"Beethoven as I Knew Him","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor most of the last ten years of Beethoven's life, Anton Schindler was closely associated with the composer as pupil, secretary, servant, and factotum. This relationship gave him an incomparable vantage point for writing a personalized, detailed biography of the great man.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1840 Schindler published the first, hastily written version of the biography, which was translated into English the following year by Ignaz Moscheles, the eminent pianist and Beethoven disciple. It was not until 1860, however, that Schindler published a carefully written, thoroughly revised edition, containing a great deal of new material. It is this third edition that is reprinted here in an English translation by Constance S. Jolly.\u003cbr\u003eExtensively annotated by Beethoven scholar Donald W. MacArdle, this edition of the biography offers not only Schindler's intimate view of the composer -- his music, how he was viewed by his contemporaries, his personality, deafness and irascible behavior, and other aspects of his daily life -- but incorporates 100 years of subsequent Beethoven research. The result is an indispensable source of information about one of history's greatest musical geniuses -- a standard reference work as appealing to the general music lover as it is essential to the Beethoven scholar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anton Felix Schindler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.12w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486292328\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42806517268595,"sku":"9.78049E+12","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a005ba05-6a55-471e-95d1-5422301efda6.jpg?v=1738235260","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/beethoven-as-i-knew-him-9780486292328","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}