Front matter
Henry Edward Krehbiel translation
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
After the Bust by Franz Klein 1812
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven
By Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Edited, revised and amended from the original English manuscript and the German editions of Hermann Deiters and Hugo Riemann, concluded, and all the documents newly translated
By Henry Edward Krehbiel
Volume I
Published by The Beethoven Association New York
SECOND PRINTING
Copyright, 1921, By Henry Edward Krehbiel
From the press of G. Schirmer, Inc., New York Printed in the U. S. A.
in profound reverence this work is dedicated by the editor To the Memory of Alexander Wheelock Thayer and Dr. Hermann Deiters also in grateful appreciation to THE BEETHOVEN ASSOCIATION and with a large measure of gratitude and affection to his friend and colleague RICHARD ALDRICH