AFTER BEETHOVEN'S DEATH - MARCH 26, 1827
At age 56 years 3 months
Compiled by Gary D. Evans
Last Updated:
March 21, 2019 11:26 PM
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DATE
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1827
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Beethoven felt that he was poor but when assets totaled (less money for creditors) = 10,000 Gulden. Nikalaus van Beethoven and friends found among his belongings, pictures of Giulietta and of Antonie along w/ the immortal beloved letter to Antonie in a secret drawer. Schindler destroyed ~260 of the estimated 400 conversation books and made false entries into others as late as 1840 (xvi Wegeler and Ries) |
1827
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Mar 29
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Thursday. The funeral took place 3 days later at the parish church in the Alserstrasse with burial at the Wahinger Cemetery (now a public park) where 20,000 attended. Torchbearers included: Bernard, Bohm, Czerny, Haslinger, Holz, Linke, Schubert, Streicher, Schuppanzigh, Steiner, as well as Grillparzer. [L.Dec p84]. (?? Pallbearers were 8 of Vienna's leading musicians: Eybler, Hummel, Kreutzer, Seyfried, Gansbacher, Gyrowetz, Weigl, & Wurfel??) |
1827
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April
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Missa Solemnis published |
1827
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May 7
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Publication announcement for Quartet op130 |
1827
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May 10
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Publication announcement for Grosse Fuge op 133 (both quartet and piano duet version op134) |
1827
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June
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Quartet op131 published. |
1827
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June 4
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Stephen von Breuning died of hepatitic disease and was buried in the von Vering vault near his lifelong friend, Beethoven. (Steven's son, Gerhard was then 14 years old) |
1827
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Aug 16
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Beethoven's effects were inventoried for a later auction (Nov 5th) |
1827
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Sept
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Quartets op132 and op135 published |
1827
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Oct 4
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Record of Beethoven's estate completed |
1827
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Nov 5
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Beethoven's musical effects were sold at auction. |
1828
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Therese van Beethoven died. |
1831
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Rudolph suffered a fatal cerebral hemorrhage while in Baden at age 43 [Nwsltr v7#3 Win'92 p67] |
1832
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Jan 13
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Karl married Caroline Naske of Iglau |
1838
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Ferdinand Ries died in the arms of his family. |
1838
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Dec 9
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Helene von Breuning died in Coblenz where she had earlier moved to be near Wegeler after living for a time in Cologne near her son Christof. |
1839
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Ludwig Johann van Beethoven born to Karl and Caroline. He eventually emigrated w/ his wife and child to the US - all traces have been lost. He changed his name to Louis von Hoven entering in the US. [See Nwsltr v8#3/V9#1 p83] |
1841
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June 13
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Eleonore (von Breuning) Wegeler died. Nikalaus Johann van Beethoven died. 1 |
1847
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Therese Brunsvik entered into her diary: "...Beethoven! It seems like a dream that he was the friend, the intimate of our house -- a stupendous spirit! Why did not my sister J., as the widow Deym, accept him as her husband? She would have been happier than she was with St(ackelberg). Maternal love caused her to forgo her own happiness. [Landon pg102, per Man of His Word] |
1848
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Nikalaus Johann van Beethoven died. |
1848
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May 7
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Franz Wegeler died in Coblenz. |
1852 ~
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Hermine (Minnie) van Beethoven born. Eventually married Herr Axmann in Vienna, she died soon after at age 35 years old on 3/17/1887 3rd child of Karl's and Caroline's married Herr Weidinger, a bank official in Vienna; died in Vienna 1919 at old age;had 2 sons. 4th child - later Frau Gabriele Heimler born 1844 lived & died in Vienna; had 1 son who became guardian of family souvenirs. |
1858
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Apr 13
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Karl died in Vienna at age 52 after an apparent happy family life with a wife and children & after a successful service career. |
1864
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Jan 10
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Anton Schindler died. |
1868
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????
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Johanna van Beethoven died. |
1874
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????
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Gerhard von Breuning, a respected physician in Vienna, published his book: Aus dem Schwarzspanierhaus (From the House of the Black Spaniard) chronicling Beethoven's last years. [In English: Memories of Beethoven; Cambridge University Press] |
1891
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Caroline Naske died in Iglau. |
1892
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May 6
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Gerhard von Breuning died at age 78. |
1893
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Jun 1
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Stephan von Breuning's remains were moved to the Zentral-friedhof cemetery in Vienna; von Breuning family vault. |
1893
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June 21
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Ludwig van Beethoven's remains were moved to Zentral-friedhof in Vienna - a great resting place for musicians where he lays side by side with Schubert. |