Sonaten von L. van Beethoven /. revidirt und mit fingersatz versehen von Louis Köhler und Richard Schmidt.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Category
Books
Date
1880
Materials
Place of origin
Leipzig
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3231173
Summary
Bibliographic description
400 p. :. music ;. fol. Annotations: variously annotated in ink and pencil by Alda Hoare, in particular on p.161 (sonata no. 14), 'Harry's favourite of all pieces of music; he was always making me play it - & on the last night here at Stourhead, I played it... he bade us goodbye on July 17th 1916. He died... of wounds Dec 20 1917' [in fact, he died on 19 December 1917]. Provenance: Ink inscription on upper pastedown, 'Alda Hoare, Stourhead Wilts'; another inscription in same hand on title-page dated 1889. Binding: Green cloth case binding with gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Köhler, Louis Richard Schmidt