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Selected Letters of Beethoven

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827).
Compiled by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885).
Translated by Lady Grace Wallace (d. 1878).

A selection of Beethoven’s letters from the compilation by Dr. Ludwig Nohl and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. (Summary by Scott D. Farquhar)

• Gutenberg e-text, Volume 1
• Gutenberg e-text, Volume 2
• Wikipedia – Ludwig van Beethoven
• LibriVox’s Selected Letters of Beethoven Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book – 101.6MB
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Total running time: 3:31:23

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 – To Eleonore von Breuning – 00:10:56
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  [mp3@128kbps - 10.5MB]
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  Read by: Robert Scott
• 02 – To Pastor Amenda – 00:06:40
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  Read by: Scott D. Farquhar
• 03 – To Wegeler – 00:17:13
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  Read by: Kara Shallenberg
• 04 – To Countess Giulietta Guicciardi (”Immortal Beloved”) – 00:08:01
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  Read by: Ezwa
• 05 – To Hofmeister – 00:19:07
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  Read by: Scott D. Farquhar
• 06 – To My Brothers Carl and Johann Beethoven – 00:09:45
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  Read by: Victor Guerreiro
• 07 – To Bettina Brentano (von Arnim) – 00:16:04
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  Read by: Squid Varilekova
• 08 – Deposition – 00:08:21
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  Read by: Robert Scott
• 09 – To Herr Kauka – 00:24:58
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  Read by: Victor Guerreiro, Scott D. Farquhar, and WangHaojie
• 10 – To Mr. Salomon – 00:07:14
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  Read by: Robert Scott
• 11 – Ries – 00:05:18
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  Read by: Robert Scott
• 12 – To S.A. Steiner – 00:04:25
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  Read by: Gesine
• 13 – Petition to the Magistracy – 00:03:42
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  Read by: Steven H. Wilson
• 14 – To The High Court of Appeal – 00:06:09
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  Read by: Steven H. Wilson
• 15 – To Herren Peters & Co – 00:06:53
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  Read by: Victor Guerreiro
• 16 – To his Nephew – 00:05:21
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  Read by: Scott D. Farquhar
• 17 – To Schindler 1 – 00:16:11
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  Read by: Tonia
• 18 – To Schindler 2 – 00:16:53
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  Read by: Tonia
• 19 – To Artaria and Bolderini – 00:07:36
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  Read by: Sean Dougall
• 20 – Czerny Letters – 00:10:36
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  Read by: Scott D. Farquhar

Cataloged on November 23, 2007