AGE 37 - 38 [1808]
Compiled by Gary D. Evans
Last Updated:
March 25, 2019 7:07 PM
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WORKS CREATED
op 67: Symphony #5 in c completed | (Concentrated form.) (During surge of German patriotism, stimulated by Treaty of Tilsit July 7-9, 1807 w/ collapse of Prussia and cession of all lands between Rhine and Elbe in France) First sketches date from 1804. |
op 70 #1: Piano Trio | (Spring - Summer) |
op 70 #2: Piano Trio | (Autumn) (2'd masterpiece, 3'd outstanding) (dedicated to Countess Erdody) |
op 68: 6th symphony in f 'Pastoral' |
(completed Spring-Summer) (Portrait of Heiligenstadt countryside) * Pleasant, cheerful feeling aroused on approaching the countryside * Scene by the brook * Jolly gathering of villagers * Thunderstorm * Shepherd's song: Grateful thanks to the almighty after the storm. |
op 80: Choral Fantasy | (rapidly composed for 12/22 benefit concert finale) |
op 69: Cello Sonata | (completed ~ Feb - March) (on ded. Copy:"amid tears and sorrow") |
WoO 134: "Sehnsucht" | (4 settings of Goethe's Sehnsucht) (early1808) |
WoO 136: Song, "Andenken" |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
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During years 1804-1808 there was a continuous state of uproar w/ personal rifts. Music grew in greatness, many failed romances occurred w/ mostly high born, unattainable women. |
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Josephine and Therese became acquainted w/ Baron Christopvon Stackelberg through Pestalozzi in Yverdun. He became children's teacherRelationship developed and they were married 1810. |
Jan 9
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Publication announcement for the 'Razumovsky' Quartets athe Coriolan Overture |
Early
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Four Settings of Goethe's 'Sehnsucht' WoO 134 composed. |
Early
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Cello Sonata op69 completed |
Mar - mid
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Serious infection of B.'s finger - nearly causes loss (surgical cure). "My colic is better, but yesterday my poor finger had to undergo a serious nail operation. When I wrote to you yesterday it looked very threatening. Today it is quite limp with pain." [Wegeler/Ries p191 ref#106 to New Beethoven Letters - p38] |
Mar 13
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Nikalaus Johann purchased apothecary shop in Linz; moved therew/o fond farewells. |
Mar 27
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Attended final event in the "Concerts of Music Lovers" series, featuring Haydn's "Creation".Kissed Haydn's hands in honor. |
April
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Julie von Vering (pupil of composer Johann Schenk) married Stephen von Breuning. B. improvised for them deep into the night after their wedding. |
April 13
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B. conducted 4th symph., 3rd Piano Concerto withFriedrich Stein as soloist, & Coriolan Overture at charity concert [PolliniCD] |
May
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First known public performance of the Triple Concerto at thAugartensaal |
Spr-Sum
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Moved to Heiligenstadt: 8 Kirchengasse (now Grinzingerstrasse 64) where 6th symphony written. |
Summer
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6th Symphony and Trio op70#1 composed |
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Josephine & Therese traveled w/ J's sons for over 1yr thru Germany,Switzerland & Italy |
July
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Beethoven planned to compose the opera Macbeth (Collin adaptation of the libretto), based on an Collin's libretto. (Later abandoned.) |
Aug
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Count Razumovsky set up a string quartet group led by Schuppanzigh with mayseder or the Count himself as the second violinist, Franz Weiss - viola, Joseph Linke - Cello.. |
Aug 10
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Publication announcement for the 4th Piano Concerto and VioliConcerto. |
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Jaw abscess developed and cured. |
Aug 27
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Ries arrived back in Vienna |
Sept 14
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B. received 100 Ducats by Breitkopf & Hartel for 5th/6th sym., cello sonata op69, 2 piano trios op 70. |
Autumn
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Moved again to C.Erdody until early 1809 w/ Lichnowsky's livingupstairs. |
Autumn
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Moved to Baden, WeilburgstraBe, "Alter Sauerhof" |
Autumn
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Trio op70#2 composed |
Oct - late
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Napoleon's brother Jerome installed king of newly created Westphalia in Kassel - offered Beethoven the position of Kapellmeister for 600 ducats per year plus traveling expenses of 3,400 florins. Beethoven spread the word of this offer and that he was planning to accept it. Ignaz von Gleichenstein and Countess Erdödy, wishing to keep Beethoven in Vienna asked him what that would require - these conditions were drafted into an agreement (including: 4000 florins per year, the right to travel, title of Imperial Bandmaster, and a yearly benefit concert for himself at the Theatre an der Wien). The annuity contract was signed jointly by Prince Lobkowitz, Prince Kinsky, and Archduke Rudolph, in early 1809, thus guaranteeing Beethove a lifetime of income, which would later prove to be problematic. (See: Beethoven-haus:Bonn, Germany for extensive details.) |
Oct
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Moved back w/ Countess Erdody @ 1074 Krugerstrasse after she had been separated from her indifferent husband for 7 years. [per Man of his Word pg 47] |
Nov 1
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Beethoven wrote to Count Oppersdorff apologizing for the delay in getting the score of the 5th Symphony to him. |
Nov 15
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Beethoven conducted the Coriolan Overture and other works at a charity concert in the Theater an der Wien. |
Nov 24
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Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Kapellmeister at Kassel arrived in Vienna; was surprised to learn of B's invitation in Kassel. |
Dec-mid
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Choral Fantasia composed for a benefit concert held Dec. 22 |
Dec 22
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Benefit concert at the Theater an der Wien held for Beethoven (partly in recog.of service to charities). Sym. #5 first performed performed along w/ large # works incl.: 4th concerto, 6th symp.(first performance), 2 movements of the mass in C, Choral Fantasy, & Ah, Perfida!, and piano improvisations.( 4 hrs long & very cold.). Program (6:30-10:30pm - on a very cold evening): Part I -- 6th Symphony, Aria - 'Ah! perfido' op65, Gloria from the Massin C, 4th Piano Concerto Part II -- 5th Symphony, Sanctus from the Mass in C, Piano Fantasia (improvised by using ideas incorporated into op77), Choral Fantasia (broke down during the performance) Simultaneously, Haydn was performing at another benefit concert for Widows and Orphans Fund where Haydn's Ritorno di Tobia was performed. |
Dec 23
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Repeat performance of Haydn's Ritorno di Tobia preceded by a Beethoven Piano Concerto (?third) |
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B. met Dr. Giovanni Malfatti ? 1808 thru mut. friend Gleichenstein who eventually married Anna Malfatti in 1811. Dr. Malfatti began providing B. medical services 1808-9 as B's primary physician died. |