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Published in 1909, this two-volume collection of Beethoven's letters in English translation contains more than a thousand examples.

In accompanying the present edition of the Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven with a few introductory remarks, I at once acknowledge that the compilation of these

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven Excerpt im to know it) he is over-fatigued by the injudicious distribution of his lesson hours.

If for no other reasons than because of the long time and monumental patience expended upon its preparation, the vicissitudes through which it has passed and th