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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1756 December 8, Wednesday: The Emperor’s son Maximilian Franz, the Archduke who in 1784 would become the patron of the young Ludwig van Beethoven, was born on the Emperor’s own birthday. Christoph Willibald Gluck’s dramma per musica Il rè pastore to words of Metastasio was being performed for the initial time, in the Burgtheater, Vienna, in celebration of the Emperor’s birthday. ONE COULD BE ELSEWHERE, AS ELSEWHERE DOES EXIST. ONE CANNOT BE ELSEWHEN SINCE ELSEWHEN DOES NOT. Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770 December 16, Sunday: This is the day on which we presume that Ludwig van Beethoven was born.1 December 17, Monday: Ludwig van Beethoven was baptized at the Parish of St. Remigius in Bonn, Germany, the 2d and eldest surviving of 7 children born to Johann van Beethoven, tenor and music teacher, and Maria Magdalena Keverich (widow of M. Leym), daughter of the chief kitchen overseer for the Elector of Trier. Given the practices of the day, it is presumed that the infant had been born on the previous day. NEVER READ AHEAD! TO APPRECIATE DECEMBER 17TH, 1770 AT ALL ONE MUST APPRECIATE IT AS A TODAY (THE FOLLOWING DAY, TOMORROW, IS BUT A PORTION OF THE UNREALIZED FUTURE AND IFFY AT BEST). 1. Q: How come Austrians have the rep of being so smart? A: They’ve managed somehow to create the impression that Beethoven, born in Germany, was Austrian, while Hitler, born in Austria, was German! HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1778 March 26, Thursday: In the Academy Room on the Sternengasse of Cologne, Ludwig van Beethoven appeared in concert for the initial time, with his father and another child-student of his father. THE TASK OF THE HISTORIAN IS TO CREATE HINDSIGHT WHILE INTERCEPTING ANY ILLUSION OF FORESIGHT. NOTHING A HUMAN CAN SEE CAN EVER BE SEEN AS IF THROUGH THE EYE OF GOD. Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1781 February 15, Thursday: Christian Gottlob Neefe was appointed court organist in Bonn, Germany. While there he will be composition instructor to an aspiring young musician, Ludwig van Beethoven. “HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE” BEING A VIEW FROM A PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME (JUST AS THE PERSPECTIVE IN A PAINTING IS A VIEW FROM A PARTICULAR POINT IN SPACE), TO “LOOK AT THE COURSE OF HISTORY MORE GENERALLY” WOULD BE TO SACRIFICE PERSPECTIVE ALTOGETHER. THIS IS FANTASY-LAND, YOU’RE FOOLING YOURSELF. THERE CANNOT BE ANY SUCH THINGIE, AS SUCH A PERSPECTIVE. Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1783 March 2, Sunday: Ludwig van Beethoven received his initial public notice in a letter from his teacher, Christian Gottlob Neefe, to Cramer’s Magazin der Musik. “NARRATIVE HISTORY” AMOUNTS TO FABULATION, THE REAL STUFF BEING MERE CHRONOLOGY October 14, Tuesday: The three piano sonatas of the “Kurfürstensonaten” by Ludwig van Beethoven were published in Speyer. Governor George Clinton expressed impatience with delays in the final treaty. November 23, Sunday: Ludwig van Beethoven appeared in performance at the court of Prince Willem V of Orange- Nassau at The Hague, probably playing his Piano Concerto in E-Flat. Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1784 April 15, Thursday: Maximilian Friedrich, Elector-Archbishop of Cologne, and employer of Ludwig van Beethoven, died and was succeeded by Maximilian Franz, Archduke of Austria. NOBODY COULD GUESS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT June 27, Sunday: Ludwig van Beethoven was hired as 2d organist by the new Elector of Cologne (he would be under the direction of 1st organist Christian Gottlob Neefe). Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1787 March 20, Tuesday: On approximately this day Ludwig van Beethoven left Bonn to study with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna. “MAGISTERIAL HISTORY” IS FANTASIZING: HISTORY IS CHRONOLOGY April 1, Sunday: Ludwig van Beethoven reached München on his way from Bonn to Vienna. April 7, Saturday: Ludwig van Beethoven arrived in Vienna from Bonn. He would be in the city for a couple of weeks, receiving instruction from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Publication of Three String Quintets B.274-276 by Ignaz Pleyel was announced in the Frankfurter Ristretto. April 20, Friday: On approximately this day Ludwig van Beethoven left Vienna to return to Bonn. Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1789 May 14, Thursday: Ludwig van Beethoven matriculated at the University of Bonn, to study philosophy. LIFE IS LIVED FORWARD BUT UNDERSTOOD BACKWARD? — NO, THAT’S GIVING TOO MUCH TO THE HISTORIAN’S STORIES. LIFE ISN’T TO BE UNDERSTOOD EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD. November 20, Friday: In response to a petition from Ludwig van Beethoven, motivated apparently by his father’s increasing alcoholism and inability to perform his duties, the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne banished the father to a country village and specified that half his salary was to be disbursed to his son. New Jersey became the 1st state to ratify the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution, even before North Carolina had signed the Constitution itself. Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1790 December 25, Saturday: With the death of Maria-Theresa, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara, the throne was taken jointly by Maria Beatrice Ricciarda III and Ercole III. On his way to London, Franz Joseph Haydn spent Christmas in Bonn, where one of his masses was performed. He invited several musicians to dinner, including a quite young one named Ludwig van Beethoven. NO-ONE’S LIFE IS EVER NOT DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY HAPPENSTANCE Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1791 March 6, Sunday: The Ritterballet by Ludwig van Beethoven to a scenario by Count Waldstein was performed for the initial time, in Bonn. This was a ballet produced by Beethoven’s aristocratic friend Count Ferdinand Waldstein. The name of this composer was not revealed. THE FUTURE CAN BE EASILY PREDICTED IN RETROSPECT Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1792 July 24, Tuesday: Franz Joseph Haydn arrived back in Vienna from England. Along the way he had stopped in Bonn where for the first time he had encountered Ludwig van Beethoven (it had been agreed that this Bonn musician would study with him in Vienna, and accompany him to England in 1793). Prussia declared war on France. THE FUTURE IS MOST READILY PREDICTED IN RETROSPECT October 22, Monday: In the face of the French invasion of the Rhineland the electoral court departed from Bonn. This left Ludwig van Beethoven with nothing to do. October 29, Monday: In Bonn, Count Ferdinand Waldstein scribbled fatuously in Ludwig van Beethoven’s farewell book: You were now going to Vienna in fulfilment of your long frustrated wishes. Mozart’s Genius was still mourning and lamenting the death of its pupil. She found a refuge in the inexhaustible Haydn, but no occupation; through him she still wishes to be united with someone else. Through uninterrupted diligence you will receive: Mozart’s spirit from Haydn’s hands. November 2, Friday: Ludwig van Beethoven departed for Vienna, to study with Franz Joseph Haydn. He would never return to Bonn. November 10, Saturday: It seems likely that on about this date, the stagecoach conveying Ludwig van Beethoven from Bonn arrived in Vienna. Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN December 18, Tuesday: When, a month after Ludwig van Beethoven arrived in Vienna, he learned that his father had died in Bonn, he made no attempt to return home. William Howitt was born in Nottingham, England in a Quaker family. In London, Thomas Paine was convicted in absentia of violating the June proclamation against seditious writings. Associated with this trial were hangings and burnings of effigies of this author in the streets, and prosecutions by the English government of both printers and sellers of RIGHTS OF MAN. READ THE FULL TEXT WHAT I’M WRITING IS TRUE BUT NEVER MIND YOU CAN ALWAYS LIE TO YOURSELF Ludwig van Beethoven “Stack of the Artist of Kouroo” Project HDT WHAT? INDEX LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1793 May 3, Friday: The Cologne Privy Council agreed to continue to subsidize Ludwig van Beethoven, as they had during the lifetime of his father. YOUR GARDEN-VARIETY ACADEMIC HISTORIAN INVITES YOU TO CLIMB ABOARD A HOVERING TIME MACHINE TO SKIM IN METATIME BACK ACROSS THE GEOLOGY OF OUR PAST TIMESLICES, WHILE OFFERING UP A GARDEN VARIETY OF COGENT ASSESSMENTS OF OUR PROGRESSION. WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP! YOU SHOULD REFUSE THIS HELICOPTERISH OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL PAST, FOR IN THE REAL WORLD THINGS HAPPEN ONLY AS THEY HAPPEN. WHAT THIS SORT WRITES AMOUNTS, LIKE MERE “SCIENCE FICTION,” MERELY TO “HISTORY FICTION”: IT’SNOT WORTH YOUR ATTENTION. November 23, Saturday: West Bridge, in London, was opened for traffic. Franz Joseph Haydn wrote to Maximilian Franz, Elector-Archbishop of Cologne, sending along some of Ludwig van Beethoven’s compositions and averring that “Beethoven will in time become one of the great musical artists of Europe, and I shall be proud to call myself his teacher.” He requested that the Elector increase Beethoven’s stipend.