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Beethoven (Rolland)

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Beethoven (1927)
by Romain Rolland, translated by Bertha Constance Hull
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BEETHOVEN


BY

ROMAIN ROLLAND


TRANSLATED BY

B. CONSTANCE HULL


WITH A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE SONATAS, THE
SYMPHONIES, AND THE QUARTETS BY

A. EAGLEFIELD HULL

MUS. DOC. (OXON).



With 24 Musical Illustration and 4 Plates
and an Introduction by Edward Carpenter,

Author of Towards Democracy, &c.


SIXTH EDITION.


LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD.

BROADWAY HOUSE: 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C.

1927


Printed in Great Britain by St. Stephen’s Press, Bristol.

BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN

Beethoven

At the age of 21.

(From a Miniature by Gerhard von Kügelgen.)

BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN

BEETHOVEN

AT THE AGE OF 48.

(From a Painting by Kloeber.)

BEETHOVEN

AT THE AGE OF 44.

(From an Engraving by Blasius Hoefel after the
Drawing by Louis Letronne,
1814.)

Page of Autograph of "Moonlight" Sonata

(In Beethoven House at Bonn).

CONTENTS

  1. PAGE
  2. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    v
  3. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ix
  4. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    xix
  5. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    1
  6. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    57
  7. His Letters
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
  8. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    65
  9. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    68
  10. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    69
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    72
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    78
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    81
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    84
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    91
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    92
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    93
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    94
  19. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    96
  1. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    101
  2. His Works (By the Editor)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
  3. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    109
  4. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    133
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    169
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    179
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    195
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    209
  9. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    213
  10. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    239

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. 1.
    Beethoven at the age of 21
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    Frontispiece
  2. From a miniature by Gerhard von Kügelgen.
  3. 2.
    Beethoven in 1818
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    facing p. 40
  4. From a painting by Kloeber.
  5. 3.
    Beethoven
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    facing p. 64
  6. From an engraving by Blasius Hoey after the drawing by Louis Letronne, 1814.
  7. 4.
    Page of Autograph of Moonlight Sonata in Beethoven House at Bonn
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    facing p. 100

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Original:

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The longest-living author of this work died in 1944, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 79 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1967, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 56 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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