• New critical performing edition at the forefront of Beethoven scholarship
• German lied texts printed separately with an English translation by the editor
• Extensive and informative Introduction (Eng/Ger)

“My angel, my all, my self”. With these words Beethoven, in July 1812, began his passionate love letter to a woman whose identity has eluded discovery to the present day. Was he perhaps addressing the same woman four years later when he composed “An die ferne Geliebte”, his song cycle o...