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The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I

Chapter 28: Transcriber’s Note
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A rigorous, document-based reconstruction of Beethoven's life combines Thayer’s exhaustive archival research with later editors’ supplements to correct myths and clarify disputed episodes. The narrative situates the composer within the musical culture of Bonn and the electoral courts that shaped his early formation, traces familial and professional relationships, and examines controversies about publishers, guardianship, illness, and death. The volume outlines the author’s scholarly method, presents sources uncovered in archives and personal papers, and shows how new documentary evidence reshapes earlier narratives, offering a careful chronological account and critical commentary that aim to replace sentimentalized legend with a grounded historical portrait.

Transcriber’s Note

Page headers in the original text have been moved above the paragraph to which they relate.

The paragraph beginning “For my Brothers Carl” on p. 354 was printed vertically.

The following printing errors have been corrected:

  • p. xx “Sympathethic” changed to “Sympathetic”
  • p. 24 “200 th.”” changed to “200 th.”
  • p. 70 (note) “Variations” changed to ““Variations
  • p. 96 (note) “Beethoven’s mother.” changed to “Beethoven’s mother.””
  • p. 115 “the the hour” changed to “the hour”
  • p. 135 “bass”).” changed to “bass).””
  • p. 138 “pianofore” changed to “pianoforte”
  • p. 141 “these years” changed to “these years’”
  • p. 202 (note) “continally” changed to “continually”
  • p. 241 “Hadyn” changed to “Haydn”
  • p. 258 “neighboring page.” changed to “neighboring page.]”
  • p. 295 (header) “String Quartet” changed to “String Quintet”
  • p. 303 “familarly” changed to “familiarly”
  • p. 321 (note) ““je la méprisois” changed to ““je la méprisois””
  • p. 365 “(not complete).” changed to “(not complete).””
  • p. 368 ““Once when he” changed to “Once when he”

The following possible errors have not been corrected:

  • p. 31 Schuster.
  • p. 57 (note) May 23. 1827.
  • p. 107 Il Convivo
  • p. 231 (for I am
  • p. 263 an opera—

Inconsistencies in spelling have otherwise been left as printed. They include:

  • a.m. and a. m.
  • ballroom and ball-room
  • contrabassist and contra-bassist
  • contradances and contra-dances
  • E-flat and E flat (etc.)
  • Eleonore and Leonore
  • footnote and foot-note
  • Grossheim and Grosheim
  • Harmoniemusik and Harmonie-Musik
  • i.e. and i. e.
  • Industrie-Comptoir and Industriecomptoir
  • Intelligenzblatt and Intelligenz-Blatt
  • lifelong and life-long
  • Nazerl and Natzerl
  • overhasty and over-hasty
  • p.m. and p. m.
  • passageway and passage-way
  • Pergolesi and Pergolese
  • rth., rthr., th. and thlr.
  • subdeacon and sub-deacon
  • textbook and text-book
  • thoroughbass and thorough-bass
  • Tonkünstler-Gesellschaft and Tonkünstlergesellschaft
  • today and to-day