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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
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