AGE 31 - 32 [1802]
Compiled by Gary D. Evans
Last Updated:
March 25, 2019 7:05 PM
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WORKS CREATED
op 30#1: Violin Sonata #6 in A | Kreutzer finale orig. to be op30#1 finale (Completed Mar-May) |
op 30#2: Violin Sonata #7 in c | completed March-May |
op 30#3: Violin Sonata #8 in G | completed March-May |
op31#1: Piano Sonata in G | (June - Sept) [Note: The Heiligenstadt Testament was written just after this composition] |
op31#2: Piano Sonata #17 in d "Tempest" | (New virtuoso style; magnificent)(June - Sept) |
op31#3 Piano Sonata #18 in Eb | (June - Sept) |
op 33: Bagatelles | |
op 34 Piano vars on orig. theme in F | (New style)(begun ~May, compl. by Oct) |
op.35 15 Piano "Eroica" vars in Eb | New style) (begun ~ May, compl.by Oct [Note: see WoO14 - 1800 & op 43 - 1801 when the same theme was used |
op 36: 2nd symp. in D | (completed Feb.) (B. paid 1800 Guilden) (Ded: Lichnowsky) hoven working heavily on Christus am Oelberge |
Op 40a: Romance for Violin and Orchestra Accomp. in G | |
op 41: Serenade for piano & flute/viola | (based on op 25) |
op 42: Nocturne for piano & viola | (based on op 8) |
Op 48: 8 songs | |
Op 50: Romance for Violin and Orchestra Accomp. in F, | |
op 51#2: Rondo in G | |
op 85: Oratorio, Cristus om Oelberge | (begun, completed 1803) |
op 116: Trio for soprano, tenor & base w/ orchestra "Tremate" | (~ March) (Under Salieri's teaching) |
WoO 15: 6 Landler in D, D, D, d, D, D | |
WoO 16: Spurious 12 ecossaise | S SPURIOUS - not Beethoven's |
WoO 17:Spurious Modling dances | SPURIOUS - not Beethoven's (referred to by Schindler) |
WoO 54: "Lustig-Traurig" in C | |
WoO 92a: No, non Turbati | (early 1802) (Under Salieri's teaching) |
WoO 93: Duet, "Nei giorni tuoi felici" for soprano & tenor w/ orchestra | Under Salieri's teaching) |
WoO 99: Italian Partsong | |
WoO 101: "Graf, graf, liebster Schaf" | (musical joke) |
WoO 120: Song, "Pour Madame Weissenthurn" | |
WoO 126 Song, "Opferlied" | Initially 1794-5 rev. 1801-2) [Friedrich von Matthisson] |
Hess 21: Septet op20 arranged for military band - 1st variation of 4th movement & finale | |
Hess 34: String Quartet in F, (Arranged from Piano Sonata in E, op. 14 #1) | |
Hes 38: String quartet arrangement of Bach's Fugue in bb from Book 1 of the '48' | (Unheard Beethoven - mp3 link here) |
Not classified: Triple concerto in D | Not completed |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
DATE
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Early
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Anton Reicha, an old Bonn friend arrived from Paris; friendship was immediately reestablished.. |
Feb
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Second Symphony completed. |
Mar 3
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Publication announcement for Piano Sonatas op26 and op27 |
Mar
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Piano Sonata op22 published. |
Mar
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Serenade op25 published. |
Mar
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Tremate op116 composed |
Mar 23
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First Viennese performance of Cherubini's Lodoiska. Very successful. |
Mar 28
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Wegeler & Eleonore married in Bonn. |
Mar-May
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Violin Sonatas op30 composed |
Apr - Early
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Unsuccessful attempt to have concert @ court theater; blocked by theater director Baron Braun. Also w/o court appointment Re: op35: B. wrote, "The introduction to these grand variations...begins w/ the bass of the theme and eventually develops into 2,3 or 4 parts; and not till then does the theme appear which again, cannot be called a theme." [To the listener, the bass melody can be heard as the theme or the harmony of the theme.] |
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Close relations w/ Brunsvik's - lessons to Josephine and Therese & to cousin - Giulietta Guicciardi. |
Apr 8
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Wrote to Franz Anton Hoffmeister in Leipzig (Anderson#57), stating in no uncertain terms that a request offered to their publishing house that Beethoven write a revolutionary sonata honoring Napoleon - after he concluded "his Concordat with the Pope" would never happen. |
Apr 8
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Close to Zmeskall. Expressed anger in letter "There are rascals in the Imperial city as there are at the Imperial Court." [dangerous statement] |
Apr
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Ferdinand Ries moved to Vienna after studying in Munich. Sent w/ letter of intro. from his father, Franz Ries who had taught B. violin in Bonn. B. accepted intro. w/ joy; Ries became his student. |
Apr
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Moved to 13 Herrengasse until Oct'02 (now Probusgasse 6), Ferdinand Ries - son of Bonn neighbor visited, found deafness & mood swings ??? 1800 ??? |
Apr - Late
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Sent brief letter to publisher, Breitkopf & Hartel in Leipzig (Anderson#58), "A good deal of business and also a great many worries - have rendered me for a time quite useless for some things." |
May
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Piano Variations op34 and op35 begun |
May
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Dr. Schmidt recommended seclusion in the country for rehabilitation and rest. |
June-Sept
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Piano Sonatas op31 composed. |
Summer
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Wrote to Ferdinand Ries in Vienna (Anderson#61) from Heiligenstadt asking whether Count Browne "has already given the two marches [Opus 45] to be engraved", indicating that he needed an immediate answer. |
June-late
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Septet op20 published with the publication announcement July 24th. |
July 13
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Wrote to publisher Breitkopf & Hartel in Leipzig (Anderson#59)that the "mania" to have pianoforte compositions arranged for stringed instruments was problematic as only the composer or someone of equal ability could perform that task. |
July 14
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Wrote to Breitkopf & Hartel again (Anderson#60) indicating that he didn't like the division of his Septet (Opus 20) into two parts, etc. |
Aug 13
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First Viennese performance of Cherubini's 'Les Deux Fournees' (Der Wassertrager) |
Aug 14
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Publication announcement for Piano Sonata op28 |
Autumn
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Wrote lightheartedly to Zmeskall (Anderson#65) requesting they get together at "Walter's today..." |
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Wrote to Zmeskall (Anderson#68) requesting his company at "the Schwan." |
Oct - Apr1803
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Moved to Heiligenstadt (Probusgasse 6 [per Dane pt2] vs. St. Peterplatz 649 (3rd or 4th floor) (now Petersplatz 11) in 'Zum Silbernen Vogel' also Jeneweingasse 17 w/ countess Erdody [per Anne-Louise Coldicott] Dane references Rudolf Klein's book "Beethoven-Statten in Osterreich" that it is uncertain if B. actually lived in this house. |
Oct 6
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Heiligenstadt testament: Written to 2 brothers telling of deafness, failure w/ romantic relationships, explaining his outlook and how he is misperceived, his. public withdrawal. (Every time Johann's name referred to, it is represented by a blank space. |
Oct 10
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Heiligenstadt testament: 2nd portion. The postscript read: "As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren: almost as I came, so I go hence. Even that high courage that inspired me in the fair days of summer has now vanished." |
Oct
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Moved back to Vienna: St-Peter-Platz 649 zum silbernen Vogel (now Petersplatz 11) (3rd ? 4th fl) till Apr'03 (6 mo), [also 58 Augasse, Jedelsec (now Jeneweingasse 17) with Countess Erdody. |
Oct 18
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Wrote to Breitkopf and Harte in Leipzig (Anderson#62) offering his Piano Variations Opus 34 and Opus 35 for publication, stating that they had been written in "quite a new manner." |
Nov 9
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Conflict w/ Arteria re: Quintet (Opus 29) - gave private copy to C.Fries. Fries passed his copy to Arteria after B. had already sold it to Breithopf & Hartel (See Anderson#63) below. |
Nov 12
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Beethoven and Arteria reached an agreement that they wouldn't publish op29 until 14 days after Breitkopf and Hartel had circulated their edition in Vienna. |
Nov 13
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Beethoven obtained proof that Arteria had obtained a copy of the quintet (Opus 29) from Count Fries fraudulently. Beethoven then wrote to Breitkopf & Hartel (Anderson#63) explaining what had happened (including the anecdote that his brother Carl, in attempting to help out ended up losing his favorite dog). |
Nov 13
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Wrote to Zmeskall (Anderson#64) changing their planned location for a rehearsal the next day (Nov. 14) to Zmeskall's home with a performance to follow three hours later at Beethoven's. He also quipped relative to the Arteria affair, "The villains have been imprisoned..." |
Nov
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Wrote to Zmeskall (Anderson#66) inviting him to a "stag party" dinner and asking him to pass along Beethoven's offer to Reicha (pianoforte manufacturer) that he would agree to purchase a piano from him for 30 ducats (...but not more than 30 ducats) and that it must be made of mahogany and that it "shall have the tension with one string..." Further that if those requirements were not agreeable, Beethoven would receive a pianoforte from another manufacturer - likely for free. |
Dec
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Quintet op29 published by Breitkopf and Hartel followed by Artaria's publication thereafter per the agreement made in November. |
Dec 18
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Wrote to Breitkopf & Hartel (Anderson#67) about his set of variations to be published stating that he wished to have an introductory statement be published along with them - that they were "distinctly different from my earlier ones." |
Dec ????
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Brother Carl offered 2nd sym. and 3rd piano concerto to publisher Andre stating Beethoven was now only composing oratoria, opera, etc. |