Alexander Wheelock Thayer The Natick biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven

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Alexander Wheelock Thayer- The Natick
biographerof Ludwig van Beethoven

• Natick Morse Institute Library
• December 16th, 2004
• A. Richard Miller
• (1-508/653-6136 TheMillers_at_millermicro.com)

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Alexander Wheelock Thayer- The Natick
biographerof Ludwig van Beethoven

• Today's Cast
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
• Happy 234th birthday, Ludwig!
• Henry Wilson, The Natick Cobbler (1812-1875)
• Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817-1897)
• and other notables including
• John Eliot and the Natick Praying Indians
• Bigelows, Calvin Stowe and
• Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Horatio Alger

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Alexander Wheelock Thayer- The Natick
biographerof Ludwig van Beethoven

• Thayer quoted, and was deeply impressed by,
• Longfellow's A Psalm of Life (1838)
• Lives of great men all remind us
• We can make our lives sublime,
• And, departing, leave behind us
• Footprints on the sands of time.
• lthttp//www.potw.org/archive/potw232.htmlgt

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Alexander Wheelock Thayer- The Natick
biographerof Ludwig van Beethoven

• Credits
• Natick Morse Institute Library
• Natick Historical Society
• Natick Historical Commission
• Old Sturbridge Village
• Luigi Bellofatto of Milano, Italy musicologist
• Alberto Bellofatto of Milano, Italy portraitist
• Jon Mitchell of U.Mass./Boston conductor
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• A. Richard and Jill Miller of Natick
• (1-508/653-6136 TheMillers_at_millermicro.com)