| The Editor's Preface. Contents Volume I Contents Volume II Systematic Catalogue of All The Original WorksBy Ludwig Von Beethoven [The original punctuation and spelling of the original have been retained in this etext. Variations in spellings of place-names, personal names and hyphenization have not been normalized. (note of etext transcriber)] |
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.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME I.
VOLUME II.
LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1841.
LONDON:
Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,
Stamford Street.
THE EDITOR'S PREFACE.
ALTHOUGH on appearing for the first time as the Editor of a literarypublication, my feelings may be somewhat like those of a child puttingon a new dress, yet I feel the responsibility of my position far morethan its novelty; for the subject of my first essay is one not to beapproached by me, at least, without seriousness and reverence. That theamount, however, of this editorial responsibility may be thought neithergreater nor less than it really is, I must beg leave to state my preciseshare in this publication, and to advert to the qualifications withwhich I have entered on my task.
In acceding to Mr. Colburn's request that I would add to the Englishtranslation of Schindler's Biography of Beethoven which he was about topublish, such explanatory notes, characteristics, and letters as mighttend more fully to illustrate and complete the whole, I had to subscribeto one clause in the agreement between Mr. Schindler and the publisher,namely, that the work should be given as he wrote it, without omissionor alteration. The Notes bearing my signature, then, are all that belongto me in these volumes. The Appendix is, however, of my collection, andwill be found to consist of the following documents:—
VOLUME I.
Letters from Beethoven to Kapellmeister Hoffmeister and C. F.Peters, music-publishers, relative to the sale of some of hiscompositions.
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