Rudolph Tang <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Can anyone here recommend a biograph of Ludwig van Beethoven(either in
>Chinese, English or Deutsch)that is still available on the market?

If you're willing to go through 1000+ pages, Thayer's is still the
definitive bio.  If a few hundred pages is more like it, Marek's is
also very good.

NOT recommended is Solomon's, as it has far too much psychobabble based on
conjecture.

Jocelyn Wang
Culver Chamber Music Series
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