Beethoven
Books
 Beethoven:
The Music and the Life
In this brilliant portrayal of the world's most famous composer,
Lewis Lockwood interweaves his discussion of Beethoven's life
and works while placing them in their historical and artistic
contexts. Here the music looms larger than the life-the composer
dominates the man-but both are discussed at length. Written
for the general reader, the book shows how Beethoven's abundant
great works reflect both his powerful artistic individuality
and the deepest aesthetic, philosophical and political currents
of his age.
 Complete
Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1
This is a reprint of one volume of the two volume set of the
legendary 1923 Universal Editions set of all 32 Beethoven Piano
Sonatas in Heinrich Schenker's scrupulous edition, complete
with his footnotes and an explanatory introduction.
 Complete
Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2
This is a reprint of one volume of the two volume set of the
legendary 1923 Universal Editions set of all 32 Beethoven Piano
Sonatas in Heinrich Schenker's scrupulous edition, complete
with his footnotes and an explanatory introduction. Dover Publications.
 Beethoven's
Hair
As Ferdinand Hiller stood beside Beethoven's coffin he asked
whether he could cut off a lock of the master composer's hair.
In the days before the invention of photography this was not
an unusual request; in fact it was common for people to keep
locks of hair as remembrances of those who had died. The historical
keepsake continued to be passed down subsequent generations
of the Hiller family, until years later the heirloom mysteriously
came into the possession of a Danish doctor who had been involved
in helping hundreds of Jews forced into hiding from the Gestapo
during World War II. Who handed the antiquity to the doctor,
and why, is just one of the riddles thrown up by a treasure
trail that spans two centuries and touches countless lives.
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