THE EDITOR'S PREFACE.

CONTENTS OF THE F I R S T V O L U M E.

INTRODUCTION.

FIRST PERIOD. FROM HIS BIRTH TO THE YEAR 1800.

SECOND PERIOD. From 1800 To October, 1813 .

THIRD PERIOD. FROM NOVEMBER, 1813, TILL HIS DEATH, IN 1827. PART I.

THIRD PERIOD. TILL HIS DEATH IN 1827. PART II.

SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME I .

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

THIRD PERIOD. PART III. [F ROM 1824 till Beethoven's Death in 1827.]

MUSICAL OBSERVATIONS. [109]

II. CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS AND PECULIARITIES OF BEETHOVEN.

SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME II.

SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF ALL THE ORIGINAL WORKS BY LUDWIG VON

Ludwig van Beethoven

T H E   L I F E

OF

B E E T H O V E N,

INCLUDING HIS

CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS FRIENDS,

NUMEROUS CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS,

AND REMARKS ON HIS MUSICAL WORKS.


EDITED BY

I G N A C E   M O S C H E L E S, ESQ.,

Pianist to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.


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