AGE 11 - 12 [1782]
Compiled by Gary D. Evans
Last Updated:
March 25, 2019 6:54 PM
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WORKS CREATED
op 33: Bagatelles | (Started 1st drafts) |
WoO 47: 3 Sonatas for Piano (bE, f, D) | (pub Oct 14,'83) Ded: Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich |
WoO 48: Rondo in C | |
WoO 63: Dressler 9 piano variations in c | (1st published work) (Ded: Countess Wolf-Metternich) |
WoO 107: "Schilderung eines" |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
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Early
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By this time the Elector was aware of B's talent. Had instruction by Neefe (well known operatic composer) begin |
June
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Appointed assistant court organist w/o pay under Prince Maximillian Franz, Cologne when Neefe left Bonn for short period [Kerman p3] |
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11yo B. met Franz Gerhard Wegeler (18y) |
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Wegeler suggested B. as piano teacher for 10-11yo Eleonore & 5-6yo Lenz. (Wegeler later married Eleonore). |
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B. agreed to teach piano to his 1st pupils: Lorenz & sister Eleonore von Breuning. |
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Became very close to von Breuning family w/ Helene von Breuning introducing B. to literature & cultured society, mothering him. Later, B. would improvise on the family piano "...where he was frequently asked to describe in music the character of some mutual acquaintance ..." [Wegeler p25] |
Nov
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B. and Stephan began violin lessons with Franz Ries (friend of family). 1'st love: Jeannette d'Honrath (also loved by Stephan von Breuning. She was devoted to Austrian recruiting offer). 2'd love: Maria Anna von Westerholt - was B.'s student, she was married to member of nobility in 1792. 3'd love: Eleonore von Breuning (later married Wegeler). |