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... The Beethovens worked mainly as tradesmen and artisans. During the 17th century, Beethovens direct ancestors lived in and around the city of Malines (Mecheln). Beethovens great-grandfather was a baker and branched out into selling lace and other luxury items and would ultimately go bankrupt through that sideline business. ... While Cooper had had a chance to clarify some of the traditional bases of our notion of Beethovens difficult relationship with Haydn, he still refers to the fact that Beethoven often expressed that he had not learned much from his teacher (Cooper: 49). ... From Beethovens letter to Nikolaus Johannes van Beethoven of February 17th, 1796, we learn that his stay in Prague was very successful and that he found new friends there. ... For a period of two to three months between his return from Berlin and his journey to Hungary, Beethovens whereabouts are unaccounted for. ...
The years 1797 - 1801 inclusive were years of Beethovens cementing his success as a young composer and as an experienced performer in Vienna which saw the creation of his still popular early works in the classical tradition established by Haydn and Mozart, yet also increasingly being imbued with his own spirit. ... His growing popularity as a teacher of young ladies of the noble class attached to his name that of several young ladies; Beethovens friend Wegeler, who left Vienna in 1796 to return home, would later consider the matter of the young composers romantic interests who, in his opinion, "was never out of love. ...
Beethoven also made friends among certain musically active noblemen such as Baron Zmeskall (who used to sharpen Beethovens quills) and musicians he worked with such as Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Ignaz Schuppanzigh. ... (Beethovens mentioning, in a letter to his parting friend Carl Amenda, in the summer of 1799, his "lacerated heart" was previously often connected with his failed marriage proposal to Magdalena Willmann. Maynard Solomons placing this event into 1795 as well as Beethovens later, 1804/1805 passionate, (really only one-sided? ... In the summer of 1801, however, Beethovens transition from a successful young composer and pianist who was passionately revered by his patrons while also contending with certain competitors such as Cramer, Woelfl and Steibelt, to a man who was haunted by the shocking possibility of his pending loss of hearing would become apparent. ... 109, 110 and 111, as well as the Diabelli Variations, the completion of Beethovens last major public works during these years, the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony, would provide a last occasion for Beethoven to personally, yet also almost hesitantly, connect with the Viennese audience.
On that personal level, the years 1803 - 1804 saw Beethovens outward ease in "letting go" of his infatuation with Giulietta Guicciardi, the cousin of the von Brunsvik sisters. ... Beethovens later personal secretary, Anton Schindler, preserved the conversation book of 1823 in which he discussed this subject with Beethoven in a sidewalk café
Quite another matter was his following passionate yearning for Giuliettas cousin, Josephine von Brunsvik-Deym. ... Beethovens playing his music for her on his almost daily visits gave her a great deal of comfort so that she was able to slowly recuperate. ... A draft letter of Josephines that was found later lists some of the excuses she may have used on her own accord or been persuaded to use in evading Beethovens courting her. ... The creative outburst of Beethovens new, so-called heroic style of composition is evidenced in the Third Symphony, the so-called Eroica. [With respect to the widely cherished concept of an entirely "clean break" between Beethovens first creative period and his second creative period, Barry Cooper cautions us that this might be "an oversimplification, and the idea is now frequently challenged. ... Beethovens thirty-year fascination with the text of Schillers Ode to Joy found its reflection in the lines of the operas final chorus, "Wer ein holdes Weib errungen".
Approximate Word count = 3175
Approximate Pages = 12.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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