Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- General Introduction to the English Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Reader’s Guide
- Directionality in Vienna (True and Perceived)
- Heft 9. (March 11, 1820 – March 19, 1820)
- Heft 10. (March 20, 1820 – ca. April 1, 1820)
- Heft 11. (April 1, 1820 – April 14, 1820)
- Heft 12. (April 18, 1820 – April 29, 1820)
- Heft 13. (May 1 or 2, 1820 – May 10, 1820)
- Heft 14. (ca. June 2, 1820 – ca. July 4, 1820)
- Heft 15. (ca. July 7/8, 1820 – August 19, 1820)
- Heft 16. (ca. August 25, 1820 – mid-September, 1820)
- Appendix: Descriptions of the Conversation Books in Volume 2
- Bibliography
- Index of Writers of Conversational Entries
- Index of Beethoven’s Compositions
- General Index
Heft 16. (ca. August 25, 1820 – mid-September, 1820)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 October 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- General Introduction to the English Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Reader’s Guide
- Directionality in Vienna (True and Perceived)
- Heft 9. (March 11, 1820 – March 19, 1820)
- Heft 10. (March 20, 1820 – ca. April 1, 1820)
- Heft 11. (April 1, 1820 – April 14, 1820)
- Heft 12. (April 18, 1820 – April 29, 1820)
- Heft 13. (May 1 or 2, 1820 – May 10, 1820)
- Heft 14. (ca. June 2, 1820 – ca. July 4, 1820)
- Heft 15. (ca. July 7/8, 1820 – August 19, 1820)
- Heft 16. (ca. August 25, 1820 – mid-September, 1820)
- Appendix: Descriptions of the Conversation Books in Volume 2
- Bibliography
- Index of Writers of Conversational Entries
- Index of Beethoven’s Compositions
- General Index
Summary
[On “Front” Cover]
BEETHOVEN [presumably in his apartment in Mödling; writing later]: August, September. [//]
[Inside “Front” Cover]
BEETHOVEN [presumably Vienna, seemingly walking the streets, making notes to himself; early morning of Friday, August 25]:
No. 8 near Blöchlinger’s.
At Härter's on the Freyung: a notable new edition of old classics, inquire about the subscription, [edited] by Stuttgart scholars according to [Blatt 1r] the oldest, rarest editions. //
3 fl. 26 [kr.] at the Adler.
The sketches, as before, in 12-line [paper]. //
Mölkerbastey 95, apartment. [//] [Blatt 1v]
Mödling No. 8 is for sale.
[eventually stopping at a coffee house, possibly reading newspapers, making notes to himself, until accosted by an unidentified couple, Husband A and Wife B:]
HUSBAND A: No. 6 near the Bad. [//] Do you know that Fräulein Schulz married Baron Gudenus? // You must visit us in Döbling, since we have a very nice house, No. 199. We would be very happy to entertain you as an old, valuable friend. [//]
[Blatt 2r]
WIFE B: I even still sing and occasionally listen to music. //
HUSBAND A: Why don't you place your trust in Guldner any longer? He would so gladly take care of you! He has time enough for friends; you must constantly use solvents, and not absent yourself from society because of your hearing. People are always glad to see you! [//]
At the Apothecary’s. [Blatt 2v] Because the doctors don't know much, we must have recourse to [fresh] air, baths, exercise, and [mineral] waters. Do you drink [water from the] Kreutzbrunn?
Where is the handsome boy [Karl], whom you had here last year? [//]
WIFE B: Do you still remember the Meier [proprietor of the dairy shop]? And the Brigitten Au. [//]
HUSBAND A: Married, in the Solms’ [family]. [//]
Those were the happiest years, when a person did not have second thoughts; finally, though, everything comes out at the end. [//] [Blatt 3r]
Do you know that the Neapolitans, at the head of 6 regiments, have demanded the constitution? [//] It is official. [//]
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- Beethoven's Conversation BooksVolume 2: Nos. 9 to 16 (March 1820 to September 1820), pp. 303 - 348Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2019