Multiple sources of research supported this novel. Although the search went far and wide for several decades, including two trips to Vienna, the sources below comprised the majority of the research.
BOOKS
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Braunbehrens, Volkmar, Mozart in Vienna 1781-1791; 1986
Breuning, Gerhard von, Memories of Beethoven; 1992
Brohaugh, William, English Through the Ages, From Old English to modern-day slang, a word-by-word birth record of thousands of interesting words; 1998
Carson, Jane, Travelers in Tidewater Virginia, 1700-1800
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Cooper, Barry, The Beethoven Compendium – A Guide to Beethoven’s Life & Music
Dabney, Virginius, Virginia, The New Dominion – A history from 1607 to the present; 1971
Dizikes, John, Opera in America – A Cultural History; 1993
Downing, Sarah Jane, Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen
Durant, Will & Ariel, The Age of Napoleon; 1975
Goldstein, Robert Justin, Political Repression in 19th Century Europe; 1983
Hamburger, Michael, Beethoven – Letters, Journals & Conversations
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Kalischer, A.C., Beethoven’s Letters; 1972
Kelly, Thomas Forrest, First Nights – Five Musical Premieres; 2000
Kerst, Friedrich and Krehbiel, Henry Edward, editors, Beethoven: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words; 1964
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Landon, H.C. Robbins, Mozart & Vienna; 1991
Larkin, Jack, The Reshaping of Everyday Life 1790-1840; 1989
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Loesser, Arthur, Men, Women, & Pianos – A Social History; 1954
Maddocks, Melvin, The Atlantic Crossing; 1981
McCutcheon, Marc, The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s; 1993
Morgan, Timothy E., Williamsburg – A City That History Made
Musulin, Stella, Vienna in the Age of Metternich – From Napoleon to Revolution 1805-1848; 1975
Rorabaugh, W.J., The Craft Apprentice From Franklin to the Machine Age of America; 1986
Rouse Jr., Parker, Remembering Williamsburg – A Sentimental Journey through Three Centuries; 1989
Scherman, Thomas K. and Biancolli, Louis, editors, The Beethoven Companion; 1972
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Solomon, Maynard, Beethoven Essays; 1988
Sonneck, O.G., ed., Beethoven – Impressions by His Contemporaries; 1954
Sonner, Wayne M., Wallace, Robin and Meredith, William, The Critical Reception of Beethoven’s Compositions by His German Contemporaries, Volume 1; 1999
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Taylor, Dale, Everyday Life in Colonial America From 1607-1783; 1997
Thayer, Alexander Wheelock, Thayer’s Life of Beethoven; 1921
Tocqueville, Alexis de, Democracy in America; 1969
Zwelling, Shomer S., Quest for a Cure – The Public Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1773-1885; 1985
ONLINE
www.americanforeignrelations.com
Colonial Williamsburg Digital Library
VIDEO
Greenberg, Ph.D., Robert, How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition.
PBS’ Napoleon – Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman