Beethoven The Man And The Artist As Revealed In His Own Words By Friedrich Kerst

1964 trade paperback

Dover publications

Very good

Biography

Beethoven: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words" by Friedrich Kerst (translated by Henry Edward Krehbiel) is a compelling biographical collection. Rather than a standard narrative biography, it compiles Beethoven’s own letters, diaries, and conversation books to let the composer's philosophy and struggles speak for themselves.