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The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vol. 1

Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817 - 1897)
Translated by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1854 - 1923)

The first of three volumes of the first scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven. Covers the years 1770-1802. - Summary by Zain Solinski

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Music

Language: English

Keyword(s): biography (335), music (130), 19th century (60), 18th Century (24), Beethoven (14), classical music (13), vienna (7), musicology (4), thayer (1), scholarly (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Introduction	Zain Solinski	00:31:31
Play 01	Chapter 1, Part 1	Jim Locke	00:39:14
Play 02	Chapter 1, Part 2	Jim Locke	00:41:03
Play 03	Chapter 1, Part 3	Jim Locke	00:41:35
Play 04	Chapter 2	Jim Locke	00:28:54
Play 05	Chapter 3	Jim Locke	00:36:32
Play 06	Chapter 4	Jim Locke	00:25:34
Play 07	Chapter 5	Jim Locke	00:22:44
Play 08	Chapter 6	Jim Locke	00:32:02
Play 09	Chapter 7	Jim Locke	00:19:40
Play 10	Chapter 8	Jim Locke	00:15:53
Play 11	Chapter 9	Jim Locke	00:46:54
Play 12	Chapter 10	Jim Locke	00:42:31
Play 13	Chapter 11	Jim Locke	00:43:45
Play 14	Chapter 12	Jim Locke	00:29:43
Play 15	Chapter 13	Jim Locke	00:40:34
Play 16	Chapter 14	Jim Locke	00:56:54
Play 17	Chapter 15	Jim Locke	00:45:54
Play 18	Chapter 16	Jim Locke	00:42:58
Play 19	Chapter 17	Jim Locke	00:48:25
Play 20	Chapter 18	Jim Locke	00:44:14
Play 21	Chapter 19	Jim Locke	00:41:56
Play 22	Chapter 20	Jim Locke	00:51:17
Play 23	Chapter 21	Jim Locke	00:49:17
Play 24	Chapter 21--Postscript	Jim Locke	00:36:27
Play 25	Chapter 22	Jim Locke	01:05:40

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