Margaret Mikulska wrote:

>Try Konrad Kuester's "Beethoven", publ.  by Stuttgarter Verlags-Anstalt, if
>I recall correctly.  It's a straightforward, no-nonsense biography.  I'm
>not sure if it's still available, but it's fairly recent, so it may be.

Unfortunately Kuester is a Solomon follower when it comes to the riddle of
the Immortal Beloved. Very regrettable. But the rest of the biography
isn't bad, that's true.

>A very short one and very good: "The Life of Beethoven", by David Wyn
>Jones, from the series "Cambridge Lives of Composers" (or something close),
>Cambridge UP.  But it's really just a short introduction.

Yes, good one, I agree, but, alas, also Wyn Jones takes Solomon's fairy
tale seriously. That's why I avoided mentioning of Kuester and Wyn Jones
as well.

Joyce Maier
www.ademu.com/Beethoven