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Author Walden, Edward, 1933-

Title Beethoven's immortal beloved : solving the mystery / Edward Walden ; introduction by William Meredith
Published Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxxviii, 145 pages, [10] pages of plates)
Contents Beethoven's letter to the Immortal Beloved -- The case for Bettina -- Beethoven and Bettina after 1812 -- The mysterious missing letters -- The Teplitz letter and the Ilius manuscript -- Bettina's concept of love -- The Beethoven-Bettina romance -- Beethoven the poet -- The tarnishing of Bettina's reputation -- Beethoven's Goethe songs -- A modern analysis -- The Antonie theory -- Synopsis and conclusion
Summary In 1812, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote three letters to an unnamed woman, whom he called "Immortal Beloved." The letters were discovered after Beethoven's death and ever since their discovery, there has been speculation regarding whom that Immortal Beloved might have been. In Beethoven's Immortal Beloved: Solving the Mystery, Edward Walden carefully and meticulously presents his case that the woman who Beethoven loved was Bettina Brentano, an artistic and talented musician in her own right. Setting the foundation for his argument, Walden begins the book with a general historical and sequential n
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138) and index
Notes English
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Subject Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Relations with women
Arnim, Bettina von, 1785-1859.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Arnim, Bettina von, 1785-1859 fast
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 fast
Subject MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
Relations with women
Genre/Form Personal correspondence
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021679398
ISBN 9780810877740
0810877740
1282975404
9781282975408
9786612975400
6612975407