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Books about Ludwig van Beethoven:

• Beethoven, by Richard Wagner, trans. by William Ashton Ellis (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• Beethoven and His Forerunners (New York and London: Macmillan, 1911), by Daniel Gregory Mason (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, As Revealed in His Own Words, by Ludwig van Beethoven, ed. by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel (Gutenberg text)
• Beethoven's Letters (1790-1826) From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Nohl; Also His Letters to the Archduke Rudolph, Cardinal-Archbishop of Olmütz, K. W., From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, by Ludwig van Beethoven, trans. by Grace Wallace
  • Volume I: Gutenberg text
  • Volume II: Gutenberg text
• The Life of Beethoven (Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, n.d.), by Anton Schindler, ed. by Ignaz Moscheles, contrib. by Heinrich Döring (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven (second printing, 3 volumes; New York: The Beethoven Association, c1921), by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, ed. by Henry Edward Krehbiel
  • Volume I: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume II: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume III: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• Ludwig van Beethovens Sämtliche Briefe und Aufzeichnungen (in German; Vienna and Leipzig: C.W. Stern, 1907-1911), by Ludwig van Beethoven, ed. by Fritz Prelinger
  • Volume 1 (1783-1814): multiple formats at archive.org`
  • Volume 2 (1815-1822): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (1823-1827): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Addenda): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (Addenda and Explanations): multiple formats at archive.org
• The Loves of Great Composers (New York: T. W. Crowell and Co., 1905), by Gustav Kobbé (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Curiosités Musicales: Notes, Analyses, Interprétation de Certaines Particularités Contenues dans les Oeuvres des Grands Maîtres (in French; Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et cie., 1873), by Édouard Marie Ernest Deldevez (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Beethoven's Letters (1790-1826) From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Nohl; Also His Letters to the Archduke Rudolph, Cardinal-Archbishop of Olmütz, K. W., From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, by Ludwig van Beethoven, trans. by Grace Wallace
  • Volume I: Gutenberg text
  • Volume II: Gutenberg text
• Ludwig van Beethovens Sämtliche Briefe und Aufzeichnungen (in German; Vienna and Leipzig: C.W. Stern, 1907-1911), by Ludwig van Beethoven, ed. by Fritz Prelinger
  • Volume 1 (1783-1814): multiple formats at archive.org`
  • Volume 2 (1815-1822): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (1823-1827): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Addenda): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (Addenda and Explanations): multiple formats at archive.org

• A Pilgrimage to Beethoven, by Richard Wagner, trans. by William Ashton Ellis (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Las Sonatas para Piano de Beethoven: Su Historia y Analisis (in Spanish; Buenos Aires: Asociación Wagneriana, 1922), by Ernesto de la Guardia (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• L. van Beethovens Sämtliche Klavier-Solosonaten: Ästhetische und Formal-Technische Analyse mit Historischen Notizen (3 volumes in German; Berlin: M. Hesse, 1918-1919), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Las Sonatas para Piano de Beethoven: Su Historia y Analisis (in Spanish; Buenos Aires: Asociación Wagneriana, 1922), by Ernesto de la Guardia (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Books by Ludwig van Beethoven:

• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827: Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, As Revealed in His Own Words, ed. by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel (Gutenberg text)
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827: Beethoven's Letters (1790-1826) From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Nohl; Also His Letters to the Archduke Rudolph, Cardinal-Archbishop of Olmütz, K. W., From the Collection of Dr. Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, trans. by Grace Wallace
  • Volume I: Gutenberg text
  • Volume II: Gutenberg text
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, contrib.: La Sonate Pathétique de L. van Beethoven, Op. 13: Edition Rythmée et Annotée (extensive analysis of the sonata in French, with a piano score; Paris: Costallat et cie, 1912), by Mathis Lussy
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827: Ludwig van Beethovens Sämtliche Briefe und Aufzeichnungen (in German; Vienna and Leipzig: C.W. Stern, 1907-1911), ed. by Fritz Prelinger
  • Volume 1 (1783-1814): multiple formats at archive.org`
  • Volume 2 (1815-1822): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (1823-1827): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Addenda): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (Addenda and Explanations): multiple formats at archive.org
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827: Moonlight Sonata (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia) op.27, no.2 (New York: Century Music Pub. Co., c1906), ed. by Irving Burdick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827: Sonaten für das Pianoforte Solo (sheet music for 36 solo piano sonatas; editorial matter in German; 2 volumes; Wolfenbuttel: L. Holle, n.d.), contrib. by Franz Liszt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827: Symphony Number Five (in C Minor) (piano arrangement with commentary; Analytic Symphony Series #3; Boston: O. Ditson Co.; et al., c1927), ed. by Percy Goetschius (page images at HathiTrust)

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