Since any imputations as to the dying man's emotional state are impossible to verify, they tend to be glossed over or ignored as irrelevant by modern Beethoven scholars.

His main legacy is as a Beethoven scholar, and a portion of his writings are housed at the state archive in Iserlohn.

This summer, Beethoven scholars and other fans will be able to dial into a database in which they can research every conceivable facet of the composer's life and music.

Mr. Lockwood is a Harvard research professor and a noted Beethoven scholar with fine literary gifts.

Willy Hess (1906-1997) was a Swiss musicologist, composer, and famous Beethoven scholar.

Barry Cooper (born 1949) is an English musicologist, composer, organist, Beethoven scholar, and editor of the Beethoven Compendium.

He is considered one of the most important Beethoven scholars of the first half of the 20th Century.

He is especially distinguished as a Beethoven scholar, but he also deals generally with the classical and romantic periods.

His list of published books was not large, but Beethoven scholars consider what he produced to be of enormous importance.

Elliot Forbes, 88, Harvard University professor and Beethoven scholar.