Walter Meyer wrote:

>How much significant information on Beethoven could researchers have
>discovered in the last 34 years that had remained unknown for the previous
>140?

One detail that pertains to Beethoven's life is the state of the economy
in Vienna. Econometrics has advanced a great deal over the last generation,
and the picture it paints of Beethoven's Vienna - racked by inflation -
gives a greater insight to the tremendous stress that supporting himself
as a composer created.

Stirling Newberry
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