Alexander Wheelock Thayer, the Greatest Biographer of Ludwig Van Beethoven: A Study in Nineteenth-Century American Music Criticism
| Author: | Bellofatto, Luigi | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Pages: | 536 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-1496-7 978-0-7734-1496-9 | |
| Price: | $299.95 + shipping | |
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A biography of Alexander Wheelock Thayer which brings new insight into his study of the life of Beethoven.
Reviews
“The research about Beethoven owes alot to Alexander Wheelock Thayer and this book pays respect and honor to his works.” –Prof. Ernst Herttrich, Beethoven-Haus Archive
“This book stands as the first definitive biography of Alexander Wheelock Thayer, the most important Beethoven biographer and an American Musical scholar and critic of the nineteenth century.” – Henry J. Thayer, Assistant Historian and Genealogist Thayer Families Association
"It is surely an accomplishment for the Edwin Mellen Press to have such a title in its catalogue and to have brought about such an improvement in our Beethoven-related knowledge." -- Prof. Benedetta Saglietti, Turin
“This book stands as the first definitive biography of Alexander Wheelock Thayer, the most important Beethoven biographer and an American Musical scholar and critic of the nineteenth century.” – Henry J. Thayer, Assistant Historian and Genealogist Thayer Families Association
"It is surely an accomplishment for the Edwin Mellen Press to have such a title in its catalogue and to have brought about such an improvement in our Beethoven-related knowledge." -- Prof. Benedetta Saglietti, Turin
Table of Contents
Preface by Dr. Ernst Herttrich
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Thayer’s Birth and his Family Herttrich
Chapter 2 Thayer’s Education
Chapter 3 Thayer’s Interest in Pslamody
Chapter 4 Thayer’s First Interest in Music and in Beethoven
Chapter 5 Thayer’s Contribution to Dwight’s Journal of Music
Chapter 6 Thayer’s First Visit to Europe
Chapter 7 Thayer’s Travels in America and His Second Visit to Europe
Chapter 8 Thayer’s Period in America and His Interest in American Music
Chapter 9 Thayer’s Third Visit and Travels throughout Europe
Chapter 10 Thayer’s First Book Signor Masoni
Chapter 11 Thayer’s Consular Period in Vienna and Trieste: 1862-1882
Chapter 12 Thayer’s First Work with Beethoven Chronogisches Verzeichniss
Chapter 13 Thayer’s Ludwig van Beethoven’s Leben and Kritischer Beitag zur Beethoven Literatur
Chapter 14 Thayer’s Other Writings
Chapter 15 Thayer’s Last Years
Chapter 16 The Completion of Thayer’s Biography
Chapter 17 The Rediscovery of Thayer’s Tomb in Trieste
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Thayer’s Birth and his Family Herttrich
Chapter 2 Thayer’s Education
Chapter 3 Thayer’s Interest in Pslamody
Chapter 4 Thayer’s First Interest in Music and in Beethoven
Chapter 5 Thayer’s Contribution to Dwight’s Journal of Music
Chapter 6 Thayer’s First Visit to Europe
Chapter 7 Thayer’s Travels in America and His Second Visit to Europe
Chapter 8 Thayer’s Period in America and His Interest in American Music
Chapter 9 Thayer’s Third Visit and Travels throughout Europe
Chapter 10 Thayer’s First Book Signor Masoni
Chapter 11 Thayer’s Consular Period in Vienna and Trieste: 1862-1882
Chapter 12 Thayer’s First Work with Beethoven Chronogisches Verzeichniss
Chapter 13 Thayer’s Ludwig van Beethoven’s Leben and Kritischer Beitag zur Beethoven Literatur
Chapter 14 Thayer’s Other Writings
Chapter 15 Thayer’s Last Years
Chapter 16 The Completion of Thayer’s Biography
Chapter 17 The Rediscovery of Thayer’s Tomb in Trieste