AMERICAN BEETHOVEN SOCIETY

Description

The Society’s primary work is the creation and support of a comprehensive collection of Beethoven materials at the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, which is housed at San Jose State University, San Jose, California.

Today the collection contains more 31,000 items, including more than 360 first editions and 3,500 early editions of Beethoven’s musical scores, some original Beethoven manuscripts, three locks of Beethoven’s Hair, and a large collection of Beethoven related books, sculpture and artwork, and sound and visual media.