Beethoven - Kinderman, William (Professor of Musicology, Professor of Musicology, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)

Combining musical insight and the most recent research, William Kinderman's Beethoven is both a richly drawn portrait of the man and a guide to his music. In this new updated edition of his acclaimed study, Kinderman traces the composer's intellectual and musical development from the early works written in Bonn to the Ninth Symphony and the late quartets.