Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- General Introduction to the English Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Reader’s Guide
- Directionality in Vienna (True and Perceived)
- Heft 17. (ca. May 27, 1822 – ca. June 13, 1822)
- Heft 18. (ca. October 31/November 1, 1822 – November 4, 1822)
- Heft 19. (January 19, 1823 – January 26, 1823)
- Heft 20. (January 21, 1823 – January 26, 1823)
- Heft 21. (January 27, 1823 – January 30, 1823)
- Heft 22. (January 30, 1823 – February 6, 1823)
- Heft 23. (ca. February 6/7, 1823 – February 12, 1823)
- Heft 24. (February 12, 1823 – February 21/22, 1823)
- Heft 25. (February 22, 1823 – March 2, 1823)
- Heft 26. (March 4, 1823)
- Heft 27. (ca. March 20, 1823 – March 26, 1823)
- Heft 28. (March 31, 1823 – April 8, 1823)
- Heft 29. (April 11, 1823 – April 17, 1823)
- Heft 30. (ca. April 20, 1823 – April 26, 1823)
- Heft 31. (April 27, 1823 – May 4, 1823)
- Appendix: Descriptions of the Conversation Books in Volume 3
- Bibliography
- Index of Writers of Conversational Entries
- Index of Beethoven’s Compositions
- General Index
Heft 17. (ca. May 27, 1822 – ca. June 13, 1822)
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 17. (ca. May 27, 1822 – ca. June 13, 1822)
- Heft 18. (ca. October 31/November 1, 1822 – November 4, 1822)
- Heft 19. (January 19, 1823 – January 26, 1823)
- Heft 20. (January 21, 1823 – January 26, 1823)
- Heft 21. (January 27, 1823 – January 30, 1823)
- Heft 22. (January 30, 1823 – February 6, 1823)
- Heft 23. (ca. February 6/7, 1823 – February 12, 1823)
- Heft 24. (February 12, 1823 – February 21/22, 1823)
- Heft 25. (February 22, 1823 – March 2, 1823)
- Heft 26. (March 4, 1823)
- Heft 27. (ca. March 20, 1823 – March 26, 1823)
- Heft 28. (March 31, 1823 – April 8, 1823)
- Heft 29. (April 11, 1823 – April 17, 1823)
- Heft 30. (ca. April 20, 1823 – April 26, 1823)
- Heft 31. (April 27, 1823 – May 4, 1823)
- Appendix: Descriptions of the Conversation Books in Volume 3
- Bibliography
- Index of Writers of Conversational Entries
- Index of Beethoven’s Compositions
- General Index
Summary
N.B. This is the first surviving conversation book after a break of roughly 20 months.
[Blatt 1r]
NEPHEW KARL [possibly in a restaurant in the Josephstadt for midday dinner; early afternoon, possibly on Pentecost Monday, May 27]: Boucher has also created a sensation here [in Vienna]. // Has he reached the level of Mayseder? // You should travel. //
What does spinach cost? // You just need to insist on it; he must give it to you. //
JOHANN VAN BEETHOVEN [presumably at Beethoven's apartment in the Landstrasse No. 271; late afternoon or evening, possibly on Pentecost Monday, May 27]: But you must pay another 20 fl. C.M. for this room. // You should get out of the apartment entirely and go with us to the country. //
Have you already eaten? Do you want to drink coffee? [//]
[Blatt 1v]
BEETHOVEN: No. 61. //
JOHANN VAN BEETHOVEN [continuing]: Tomorrow, I’ll speak with [publisher] Steiner concerning the Mass [Missa solemnis], and with Artaria, if it is all right with you. //
THERESE VAN BEETHOVEN [interjecting]: Then one must await a good opportunity to find a music lover for it. //
JOHANN VAN BEETHOVEN: Yesterday [possibly Pentecost Sunday, May 26] we really enjoyed ourselves in the Brühl. //
Two Frenchmen are giving an Akademie; they are probably the two who visited you. [//] [Blatt 2r]
You should have eaten at our place today; we waited until 2 o’clock. In the morning we have 120 [coffee] beans. //
A symphony would be very necessary for an Akademie here. // You must protect yourself from overheating. [//]
BEETHOVEN [possibly at a coffee house; presumably late afternoon on Wednesday, May 29]: + Courtin, composer from Paris. [//]
NEPHEW KARL [possibly at a restaurant near Blöchlinger's Institute; possibly ca. 2 p.m. on Thursday (school visitation day), May 30]: My examination went very well, but the professor of religion, about whom I’ve already told you that he is embittered toward the institute, called upon me 3 times, one after another, but it always turned out well. [//]
[Blatt 2v]
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- Beethoven's Conversation BooksVolume 3: Nos. 17 to 31 (May 1822 to May 1823), pp. 1 - 18Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2020