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 29. (April 11, 1823 – April 17, 1823)
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. The chronology of entries in this booklet begins with Blatt 9r, goes through Blatt 27v, returns to Blatt 1r, and continues through Blatt 8v. This edition will present the entries essentially in that chronological order.
[Blatt 9r]
LICHNOWSKY [presumably at Beethoven's apartment in suburban Windmühle; possibly late morning, probably Friday, April 11]: I hear that you will receive a libretto by Grillparzer. //
Your Variations [Op. 120] are to appear from Diabelli. [//]
<Again> How is it going with [plans for] the Akademie? //
Will you go to the country this summer, and where? [//] [Blatt 9v] I’m going to Döbling. //
How is it going with [work on] the Symphony [No. 9]? [//]
Today I shall inquire in private whether it is true about Grillparzer, because your brother says that it is certain. [//] [Blatt 10r] Wallishauser [sic] is said to have the libretto as his property already; I shall ask him. // You will receive a definite answer in 2 days. [//] Your brother says that Grillparzer would write to you. [//]
[Blatt 10v]
SCHINDLER [presumably at Beethoven's apartment; probably beginning on
Friday, April 11, continuing through the evening of that day, then resuming again on Saturday, April 12]:
[Beethoven must have sent housekeeper Barbara Holzmann to the post office with a package for Dresden. Schindler encountered her there and reports to Beethoven:]
She can't do anything, because packages to Dresden can be taken only on Thursday and Tuesday mornings. // By letter mail it costs 4 fl. per piece. I have [had] it weighed, but by postal coach perhaps 20 kr., which will be paid in Dresden. // 8 kr. That will also [sentence ends]. [//] [Blatt 11r]
[a continuation of the opening sentence above:]
I just went to the post office and encountered the old woman [housekeeper Barbara Holzmann]; I immediately told her that it was already too late, but took the package and had it weighed at the letter post. I thought that since there was nothing of value in it, it would cost only a few kr[euzer]. // Just send it by postal coach, because the libretto will already be there before they study the opera. [//]
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- Beethoven's Conversation BooksVolume 3: Nos. 17 to 31 (May 1822 to May 1823), pp. 265 - 280Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2020