Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Joseph de Marliave (1873 24 August 1914) was a French musicologist. He is best known for his book on the Beethoven quartets, which was the most widely-read and quoted book on the subject prior to Joseph Kerman's 1966 book The Beethoven Quartets. In addition to his work on Beethoven, he published numerous essays on other composers. Some of his book on Beethoven was a tr ...