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AGE 9 - 10 [1780]

Compiled by Gary D. Evans

Last Updated: March 25, 2019 6:55 PM


Preteen Years: 1780 (age 9-10)

Beethoven was offered lessons by the Bonn Court's Organist, Christian Gottlob Neefe. One year later (1781), with Neefe's help, Beethoven became an unpaid assistant organist with a salary beginning three years later (1784) within the court chapel. Beethoven applied for that position arguing that his father was no longer able to support his family (given his chronic alcoholism).

By 1783, Neefe further helped Beethoven write his first published work - WoO 63, in addition to several other works.


Description of Beethoven's Personlity at this time:

"Mauer described him in the year 1780: 'Outside of music he understood nothing of social life; consequently he was ill-humored with other people; did not know how to converse with them, and withdrew into himself, so that he was looked upon as a misanthrope.' "

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

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 Age 9-10: Music theory by Tobias Pfeiffer, a 28yo tavern friend of father's who lodged w/ family, an oboist and music director. B. later demonstrated gratitude by sending money in time of need from Vienna via Simrock [Wegeler p17]. (?? van den Eeden ??)
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 Lessons from: relative, Franz George Rovantini on violin & viola [Kerman p2-3] & from Willibald Koch, a Franciscan, on the organ (?)[Joseph II reigned 1780-1790]