#  Ludwig van Beethoven 

 



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(1770-1827)  
Ludwig van Beethoven. Image courtesy of [The New York Public Library](http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1101126).

 

 Biographical Entries Harvard Collections Online Scores Online Audio Other Resources 

## Biographical Entries

 

 

##  Biographical Entries 

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 [Grove Music Online](http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/40026)

 



 

 

 

## Harvard Collections

 

 

##  Harvard Collections 

**Critical Editions**

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 [Werke (1961)](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C000117437). Edited by the Beethoven-Archiv, Bonn, under the direction of Joseph Schmidt-Görg.  
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 [Werke: kritischer Bericht](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C001486392). Edited by Hans Werner Küthen.  
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 [Skizzen und Entwürfe](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C001486419). Published by the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn.**HOLLIS search results**

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 [Vocal and choral music (scores)](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(WAN=(beethoven)%20AND%20WSN=(songs%20OR%20choruses)%20)%20and%20(WXA=C%20OR%20WXA=D%20OR%20WXD=C%20OR%20WXD=D)&adjacent=1)  
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 [Vocal and choral music (recordings)](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(WAN=(beethoven)%20AND%20WSN=(songs%20OR%20choruses)%20)%20and%20(WXA=J%20OR%20WXD=J)&adjacent=1)

 



 

 

 

## Online Scores

 

 

##  Online Scores 

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[Beethoven-Haus Bonn Digital Archives](http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php//startseite_digitales_archiv_en): scans of composition sketches, manuscripts, early editions, and correspondence, with sound files and extensive curatorial notes   ![Audio](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/audio-x-generic.png?itok=dpEmjE4C) 

 

[Lied aus dem Ferne \[Jüngling in der Fremde\]](http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200154467/default.html), manuscript score, from the [Music Division, Library of Congress](http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/)   ![Audio](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/audio-x-generic.png?itok=dpEmjE4C) 

 

 [Five Arias with Orchestra](http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/cab8895/index.html). Melville, NY: Belwin-Mills, 196-?.  
Contents: Ah, perfido!; Tremate, empi, tremate; Opferlied; Bundeslied; Elegisher Gesang . Digital copy from the Variations Project, Indiana University. **Symphony no. 9, op. 125, D minor**

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    [Manuscript score](http://beethoven.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/), from the [Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin](http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/)
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    [Full score, first edition, first issue (Mainz: B. Schotts Söhnen, 1826)](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:fhcl.loeb:2796851), from the Loeb Music Library's collection of [Digital Scores and Libretti](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:digiscor)
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    Full score (Mineola, NY: Dover, 1997)](http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/cab4188/index.html), digital copy from the Variations Project, Indiana University



 



 

 

 

## Online Audio

 

 

##  Online Audio 

 [Naxos Music Library](http://harvard.naxosmusiclibrary.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/composer/btm.asp?composerid=25976)

 [Songs and Song Cycles](http://clmu.alexanderstreet.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/Search/genre/%22Song-cycle%22%20OR%20%22songs%22%20OR%20%22song%20collection%22/composer/beethoven), from Classical Music Library

 [Symphony no. 9, op. 125, D minor](http://clmu.alexanderstreet.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/Search/workopus/125/composer/Beethoven), from Classical Music Library



 



 

 

 

## Other Resources

 

 

##  Other Resources 

[](http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php//portal_en)

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Beethoven-Haus Bonn, the world's largest collection of Beethoven materials. The site features virtual tours of the museum and exhibitions, online scores and correspondence, a research bibliography, and information about archival holdings in other museums and libraries.[Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies](http://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven/), San Jose State University. The largest Beethoven collection outside Europe. Hosts the [Beethoven Gateway](http://mill1.sjlibrary.org:83/search/) (formerly The Beethoven Bibliography Database), an online index of first and early editions of Beethoven works, and of books, dissertations, theses, book chapters, and journal articles about Beethoven or related topics.

[Ludwig van Beethoven at the Lied and Art Song Texts Page](http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/b/beethoven.html)

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Clive, Peter. [Beethoven and His World: a Biographical Dictionary](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C009829717). New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.   ![Hollis](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/icon_hollis.jpg?itok=STEopnTN) 

 

Cooper, Barry, et al., eds. [The Beethoven Compendium: A Guide to Beethoven's Life and Music](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C002526043). New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992.   ![Hollis](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/icon_hollis.jpg?itok=STEopnTN) 

 

Cooper, Barry. [Beethoven's Folksong Settings: Chronology, Sources, Style](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C004118565). New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.   ![Hollis](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/icon_hollis.jpg?itok=STEopnTN) 

 

Kerman, Joseph. "An die Ferne Geliebte." In [Beethoven Studies 1](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C000676491), edited by Alan Tyson: 123-57. New York: W.W. Norton, 1973.   ![Hollis](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/icon_hollis.jpg?itok=STEopnTN) 

 

Loesch, Heinz von and Claus Raab, eds. [Das Beethoven-Lexikon: mit 615 Stichwörtern, 116 Abbildungen, einigen Notenbeispielen sowie, einem Werkverzeichnis, und einer Chronik](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C011529163). Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 2008.Youens, Susan. [Beethoven](http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/26208#S26208.1) In "Song Cycle." *Grove Music Online*.