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Question: Good biography of Beethoven?

As in, not like a website, but a book. Does anyone know of a good, accurate, and well-written biography of Ludwig van Beethoven?

Answer: the best is

Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Ludwig van Beethoven's Leben,

but there are 5 volumes of it!

for a lighter (and cheaper!) read you could try

Morris, Edmund. Beethoven: The Universal Composer

What a wonderfully definitive biography of Louis Armstrong

Within the history of modern culture, it is extremely rare to find an artistic genius who is also a universally popular entertainer.

Arrau - Piano Concerto #4 by Beethoven Mvt. 3