Title
Beethoven's Immortal Beloved [electronic resource] : solving the mystery / Edward Walden ; introduction by William Meredith.
ISBN
9780810877740 (electronic bk.)
0810877740 (electronic bk.)
9780810877733
0810877732
Publication Details
Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxxviii, 145 p.)
Call Number
ML410.B4 W217 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
780.92
Summary
In 1812, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote three letters to an unnamed woman, whom he called "Immortal Beloved." The letters were discovered after Beethoven's death and ever since their discovery, there has been speculation regarding whom that Immortal Beloved might have been. In Beethoven's Immortal Beloved: Solving the Mystery, Edward Walden carefully and meticulously presents his case that the woman who Beethoven loved was Bettina Brentano, an artistic and talented musician in her own right. Setting the foundation for his argument, Walden begins the book with a general historical and sequential n.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Beethoven's letter to the Immortal Beloved
Beethoven's Immortal Beloved
Beethoven and Bettina after 1812
The mysterious missing letters
The Teplitz letter and the Ilius manuscript
Bettina's concept of love
The Beethoven-Bettina romance
Beethoven the poet
The tarnishing of Bettina's reputation
Beethoven's Goethe songs
The modern image of Bettina
The Antonie theory
Synopsis and conclusion.