Beethoven: A Character Study together with Wagner's Indebtedness to Beethoven

Beethoven, by George Alexander Fischer, is an intimate biography of Ludwig van Beethoven and remains among the finest accounts of the great composer's life. Ludwig van Beethoven, baptised 17 December 1770 - 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of t...