Browsing the Beethoven Bookshelf

All of the books listed below would be useful for college libraries. Books preceded by an asterisk seem particularly appropriate for secondary school libraries.

*Blom, Eric. Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas Discussed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1968. (An unabridged republication of the first edition of 1938.) 251 pp. Musical examples, bibliography, index. Hard cover, $12.50.

*Cooper, Martin. Beethoven, The Last Decade 1817–1827. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. 483 pp. Musical examples, two plates, two appendixes, bibliography, general index, index of works. Hard cover, $12.75.

Forbes, Elliot , ed. Thayer's Life of Beethoven. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1970. 1,141 pp. A few musical examples, four plates, nine appendixes, general index, index of works. Soft cover, $6.95.

Hughes, Rosemary. Beethoven, A Concertgoer's Companion. Hamden, Connecticut: Shoestring Press, 1970. 114 pp. Index. Hard cover, $4.

*Kerman, Joseph. The Beethoven Quartets. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. 386 pp. Musical examples, one plate, bibliography, general index, index of works. Hard cover, $10.

*Marek, George. Beethoven, Biography of a Genius. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. 696 pp. Fifty-seven plates, three appendixes, bibliography, index. Hard cover, $10.

Mies, Paul. Beethoven's Sketches. Translated by Doris L. MacKinnon . New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1969. (A reprint of the English edition of 1929.) 198 pp. Musical examples, index, index of words. Hard cover, $9.

Robbins Landon, H. C. , comp. Beethoven, A Documentary Study. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. 400 pp. Two hundred fifty-six plates, index, index of works. Hard cover, $25.

*Schmidt-Görg, Joseph , and Hans Schmidt , eds. Ludwig van Beethoven. New York: Praeger, 1970. 275 pp. Musical examples, 263 plates, bibliography, index of names, index of illustrations, index of works. Hard cover, $29.50.