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Austria 1922 Composer Series - Beethoven

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Beethoven's Room

1827

Wash on paper, 258 x 210 mm

Museen der Stadt, Vienna

This drawing shows Beethoven's study in the Schwarzspanierhaus - his final residence. Hoechle's "portrait" of the room was made three days after the composer's death. The idea was to preserve, in visual form at least, the way Beethoven's last dwelling place had looked. In the drawing we can see one of the several versions of Beethoven's bust (all plaster casts) placed on the right window ledge, made by the young sculptor Anton Dietrich (1796-1872). No marble copy was ever realized of the plaster casts.

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LAST MONTHS - DAYS OF BEETHOVEN'S LIFE

Photo: In the late summer of 1826, already ill himself, Beethoven accepted his brother Johann's invitation to visit his estate at Gneixendorf, Austria.

( On the 29th July 1826, his nephew Karl tried to commit suicide. He survived a self - inflicted shot to his head, and a two - day journey from Vienna, Beethoven thought the change of scenery would be good for Karl ).

- The brothers had serious arguments on various issues , and Ludwig decided to abruptly leave on 1 December.

The only vehicle available for his return was an open milk cart.

Disregarding what that could mean , during the frigid weather, Ludwig decided to proceed anyway.

He fell ill during the journey.

Arriving home, in Vienna, Beethoven rarely left his bed. Advancing liver disease created fluid build - ups in his abdomen, causing him to suffer greatly.

Beethoven died in his Vienna apartment, on 26 March 1827 at age of 56, following a prolonged illness.

It was witnessed by his sister-in-law and by his close friend Anselm Huttenbrenner - A. H. was an Austrian composer - ( 1794 - 1868 ), who provided a vivid description of the event.

Beethoven's funeral was held three days later.He was buried in the cemetery at Wahring, although his remains were moved in 1888 to Vienna's I Zentralfriedhof.

( The last work he was able to complete was the substitute final movement of the STRING QUARTET No 13, Op. 130, composed to replace the difficult GROSE FUGE, which was published separately as Op. 133 ).

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Beethoven's most powerful piano sonata may be the "Appassionata", Sonata #23, Opus 57. It has a couple of interesting stories attached to it (though the "Appassionata" name was given by the publisher and not Beethoven himself).

Ferdinand Ries on a walk with Beethoven:

Beethoven took a pleasure in wandering along lonely, often pathless ways through the forests, valleys and mountains. (One day) we set out happily together and soon found ourselves in a lonely woods on the beautiful mountain slopes of Baden. I observed that Beethoven was much absorbed in private meditation and that he was humming to himself; I knew from experience that at such moments he was in the most powerful throes of creation and so I took good care not to disturb him, but walked along with him in silence...After having walked for about an hour, we sat down to rest in the grass.

Suddenly, from the slope on the other side of the valley, the sound of a shawm (medieval oboe) was heard, whose unexpected melody under the clear blue sky, in the deep solitude of the woods, made a remarkable impression on me. Since Beethoven was sitting next to me I could not refrain from calling his attention to it: sunk deep in thought he had heard nothing. He listened, but I observed from his expression that he did not hear the sounds, although they continued. It was then that for the first time I was convinced his hearing was impaired...In order not to sadden him, I made believe that I too could not hear anything anymore.

After awhile we set out again, the tones accompanying us for a long time on our solitary way through the woods, without Beethoven's taking the least notice of them. The sweet fascination which these tones had exercised on me at first now turned into profound sadness. Almost without realizing it, I walked along silently, sunk in sad thoughts, at the side of my great master who, as before, occupied with his own inner meditations, continued to hum indistinguishable phrases and tones, and to sing aloud. When after several hours we returned home, he sat down impatiently at the piano and exclaimed: "Now I shall play something for you." With irresistible fire and force he played the Allegro of the great F Minor Sonata (Appassionata). The day will forever remain unforgettable to me. (Kerst, HC Landon).

There are actually a couple other accounts of the above story with some variations, but that one has the most poignancy for me. The other famous story about the Appassionata is that Prince Lichnowsky asked B to perform for some French soldiers who were visiting and B would have none of it. He was staying at Lichnowsky's Gratz summer house and stormed out into the rain, preferring to walk back to Vienna instead of waiting for a horse carriage. The score of the Appassionata got a bit wet as you can see.

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Beethoven's last piece of handwriting. The codicil to his will written on 23 March 1827..

Beethoven's last will :

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AUSTRIA - JANUARY 01: Ludwig Van Beethoven's last will. Vienna, 23rd of March, 1827. [Ludwig van Beethoven's last will: My nephew Karl shall be the sole heir, but my estate shall be inherited by his natural or testamentary heirs. Vienna, 23 March 1827.]

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