Thayer life of beethoven

The work was completed by Thayer's German colleague Hermann Deiters and, after Deiters's death, by Hugo Riemann, who produced volumes 4 () and 5 () from Thayer's notes, covering Beethoven's life from to his death in Thayer's work on Beethoven set a benchmark for modern standards of accuracy, research, and analysis in biography. Although some portions of Thayer's original text have been deleted because recent Beethoven research has proved them inaccurate, "the majority of the text used consists of the coordinated treatment of Thayer's notes and manuscript by these three editors [H. Deiters, H. Riemann, and H. Krehbiel]" with additions and corrections by the present editor--Pref "First publication of works after. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
The manuscript, though known to Thayer, had come to the attention of Dr. Deiters too late for use in the narrative portion of the volume, though it was thus used in the second edition. The story of the manuscript, which is now preserved in the museum [xvi] of the Beethoven-Haus Verein in Bonn, is a curious one.