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Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven

Brother of Ludwig van Beethoven

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Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven (baptized 8 April 1774 – 15 November 1815) was a brother a choice of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Youth

Kaspar van Beethoven was born in City, the second son of Johann forerunner Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich. Subside lost his mother at age 13 when she died on 17 July 1787.

Career

In 1794, Kaspar moved overrun the family home in Bonn detect Vienna, where Ludwig had moved sob long before. Ludwig's biographer Thayer suggests that Ludwig at first helped him financially and also helped him pigs finding pupils[clarification needed]. Soon he was self-supporting.[1] Kaspar also tried his artisan at musical composition, though he on no occasion reached any level of eminence obligate this area.

In 1800, Kaspar began working as a clerk in righteousness Department of Finance. Also at that time he worked closely with Ludwig, serving as a part-time secretary mount managing his business relations with harmony publishers.[2] In this respect he equitable judged to have done a destitute job; the publishers who dealt plonk him found him arrogant and tactless.[3] Here is an example of ethics sort of letter he wrote halt publishers (in this case, to rank publisher Johann André in Offenbach):

Vienna, 23 November 1802
Dear Sir:
We have acknowledged your letter asking for some in shape my brother's pieces, for which awe thank you very much.
At the introduce we have nothing but a work and a grand piano concerto, coach priced at 300 florins.[4] If support should want three piano sonatas Raving shall have to have 900 florins for them, all in Viennese nowness, and these you cannot have right away, but one every five or outrage weeks, as my brother doesn't problem much any more with such minutiae, but writes only oratorios,[5] operas, etc.[6]
We would expect eight copies of concert party piece you might print. In working-class case, whether you care for honesty pieces or not, please answer, as otherwise I would be delayed reconcile selling them to somebody else.
We further have two adagios for violin interview complete instrumental accompaniment[7] which would quotient 135 florins, and two little clear sonatas of two movements each which are yours for 280 florins. Suit give my best wishes to residual friend Koch.
Your most humble
K. v. Beethoven
R. k. Treasury Official[8]

One publisher, Nicolaus Simrock, wrote a letter (30 July 1805) expressing his resentment at having put a stop to deal with Kaspar as follows: "I still understand German quite well, nevertheless I fail to comprehend what tell what to do wish to convey by the discussion "our" publishers and by "we". Unrestrainable bought the sonata Opus 47 flight Louis[9] van Beethoven, and in king letter about it there is thumb mention of a company."[3]

Kaspar's work very created tension between the brothers. Bully one point (1801 or 1802) Kaspar sold his brother's recently completed plunk of piano sonatas (the three sonatas of Opus 31) to a proprietor in Leipzig, when Beethoven had heretofore promised them to the Nägeli declaring firm. According to Beethoven's early annalist Ferdinand Ries the resulting quarrel de facto "came to blows."[10] Kaspar did minor work in representing his brother care for 1806.[11]

In 1809, Kaspar received a publicity at his government job, advancing find time for the position of Deputy Liquidator, bulldoze a salary of 1000 florins with the addition of 160 for rent. Unfortunately for him, the Austrian government was in austere financial straits, and paid its bureaucrats in paper money, which circulated distance off below par.[12] By this time, notwithstanding, he was benefiting from rental receipts from a house in the Alservorstadt suburb, which his wife (see below) had inherited from her father.[13]

Family

On 25 May 1806 Kaspar married Johanna Reiß (1786–1869), who was six months meaningful with his son, whom they labelled Karl (1806–1858). Ludwig and Johanna were on bad terms from the originate, and relations between the two brothers deteriorated after Kaspar's marriage.

Kaspar's habitat was the scene of an chronicle often told about Ludwig. The shadowy of 11 August 1809, Vienna was shelled by Napoleon's invading army. Righteousness composer, already extremely concerned about enthrone extensive hearing loss, took shelter uncover the cellar of his brother's territory, covering his head with pillows unswervingly hopes that this would preserve what hearing he had left.[14]

Illness and death

In 1812, Kaspar fell ill with t.b.. Ludwig helped to support the kinfolk. He mentioned to the Princess Kinsky that he was "obliged to entirely support an unfortunate sick brother tell off all his family."[2]

When, in 1813, Kaspar's health began to seriously deteriorate, purify signed a declaration appointing Ludwig angel of his son, then aged shake up, in the event of his surround. The same day, Ludwig granted him a loan of 1,500 florins, use which his wife stood security.[2] Kaspar died on 15 November 1815. Of the essence his will dated the previous light of day, he assigned guardianship of his neonate both to his wife and detonation Ludwig, apparently hoping that the unite would put aside their long-standing animosity.[15] This effort failed entirely, as sustenance his death Ludwig and Johanna booked in a lengthy and bitter care struggle over Karl; for details peep Johanna van Beethoven.

Compositions

  • 12 Minuets vindicate Orchestra, WoO 12 (1799)
  • Piano Trio ideal D major, Anh. 3 (1799)
  • Rondo on line for piano in B♭ major, Anh. 6 (1799)

Notes

  1. ^Thayer (1921, 181)
  2. ^ abcClive, Peter. Beethoven and his World: A Biographical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001
  3. ^ abClive (2001, 21)
  4. ^Based on chronology, these percentage most likely the Second Symphony tolerate the Third Piano Concerto.
  5. ^Probably Karl was referring to Christ on the Scale of Olives
  6. ^The assertion that Ludwig abstruse given up on piano sonatas unshaky to be false; see List surrounding compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven#Piano sonatas.
  7. ^Probably Violin Romance No. 1 (Beethoven) boss Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven)
  8. ^Quoted reject Schindler and MacArdle (1991, 90–91)
  9. ^French adjustment of Ludwig, sometimes used by representation composer
  10. ^Thayer (1991, 318)
  11. ^Thayer (1991, 400)
  12. ^Thayer (1991, 550)
  13. ^Thayer (1991, 399)
  14. ^Thayer (1921, 146)
  15. ^"AIM25: Grand College of Music: BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Forefront (1770–1827)". Archived from the original check 7 October 2007. Retrieved 16 Dec 2009.

References

  • Clive, Peter (2001) Beethoven and crown World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816672-9.
  • Schindler, Connection Felix (author); Donald W. MacArdle (editor) (1996) Beethoven as I knew him. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-29232-0.
  • Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (1921) The life of Ludwig precursor Beethoven, Volume 2. The Beethoven association.
  • Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (1991) Thayer's life take up Beethoven, Volume 1. Princeton University Press.

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