Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- General Introduction to the English Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Reader's Guide
- Directionality in Vienna (True and Perceived)
- Heft 1 (ca. February 26, 1818 – after March 2, 1818)
- Heft 2 (March 17, 1819 – after May 15/16, 1819)
- Heft 3 (November 20, 1819 – ca. December 6, 1819)
- Heft 4 (December 7, 1819 – December 12, 1819)
- Heft 5 (December 13, 1819 – December 30, 1819)
- Heft 6 (ca. January 7, 1820 – January 26, 1820)
- Heft 7 (ca. January 27, 1820 – February 22, 1820)
- Heft 8 (ca. February 22, 1820 – ca. March 11, 1820)
- Appendix: Descriptions of the Conversation Books in Volume 1
- Bibliography
- Index of Writers of Conversational Entries
- Index of Beethoven's Compositions
- General Index
Heft 4 - (December 7, 1819 – December 12, 1819)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2019
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- General Introduction to the English Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Reader's Guide
- Directionality in Vienna (True and Perceived)
- Heft 1 (ca. February 26, 1818 – after March 2, 1818)
- Heft 2 (March 17, 1819 – after May 15/16, 1819)
- Heft 3 (November 20, 1819 – ca. December 6, 1819)
- Heft 4 (December 7, 1819 – December 12, 1819)
- Heft 5 (December 13, 1819 – December 30, 1819)
- Heft 6 (ca. January 7, 1820 – January 26, 1820)
- Heft 7 (ca. January 27, 1820 – February 22, 1820)
- Heft 8 (ca. February 22, 1820 – ca. March 11, 1820)
- Appendix: Descriptions of the Conversation Books in Volume 1
- Bibliography
- Index of Writers of Conversational Entries
- Index of Beethoven's Compositions
- General Index
Summary
[Blatt 1r]
BACH [immediately before the beginning of and during the Tagsatzung (Assembly); the morning of Tuesday, December 7]: We must still wait for the current guardian [Leopold Nussbock] and even the widow [Johanna]. [//] If you want to come [back] at 11:30, we might not have to wait. [//]
PETERS [continuing]: I shall give my declaration, since you give me [your] trust that, after considering the existing laws and sparing you vexations, I take upon myself the responsibility to notify the Magistrat about everything [Blatt 1v] concerning the education of your nephew according to the existing regulations! [//] I implore you to go to [Blochlinger's] Institute with me. After that I shall report to you every time about the smallest detail and the changes that are perhaps necessary to be undertaken. // I shall already be finished with her [Johanna] in the most courteous manner. [//] [Blatt 2r] The horrible part lies in the fact that the honorable Magistrat made the matter more difficult than easier for you. //
Better than at the Biber. // Is she beautiful?//
How old is your nephew now? // The young [Joseph Franz Karl] Lobkowitz is 16 years old and is studying the first year of Law with great success. [//] He will be treated like the others. // 6 years of Latin at the Gymnasium do not count. [//]
[Blatt 2v]
BEETHOVEN [writing so as not to be heard]: What is the talk about? [//]
PETERS [replying]: About the annual expense for the boy. Now we have to await the decision. [//] [Blatt 3r] The Magistrat's Councillor is for the inclusion of the mother and said that her earlier [legal] offenses, which I indicated were troublesome, would be viewed entirely as insignificant. [//] He, who has Counsel, also mentioned the beautiful clothes that you gave your nephew, and about which the mother has made pointed remarks. [//] [Blatt 3v] To [Blochlinger's] Institute together? [//]
BERNARD: At an earlier time he wanted to supply his reviews to the Mode-Zeitung; I cut out the first one, and so then he by chance got into the Sammler.
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- Beethoven's Conversation BooksVolume 1: Nos. 1 to 8 (February 1818 to March 1820), pp. 107 - 128Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2018