Beethoven did not indicate who the intended recipient is, but the most likely candidates are Countess Giulietta Guicciardi, Josephine von Brunsvik, Antonie Brentano, and Josephine’s sister, Countess Therese Brunsvik. 200 years after Beethoven wrote a passionate love letter to a woman whose name he omitted, here is the life story of Josephine Countess von Brunsvik, the only woman whom the composer ever loved: There were at least 15 more love letters to her. The Opera "Leonore" or "Leonora" (first
version) was premièred in the "Imperial Theatre" in Vienna, on
Wednesday, November 20, 1805, and was reintroduced "to the
public in 1814", on May 23, in the premiere of its third and
current version under the title "Fidelio" (although Beethoven
wished to maintain its original name "Leonore"...), having
obtained a great success. Beethoven was known to love many women, and as his friend F.G. Wegeler once wrote, "Beethoven was never out of love." see
you in a few days more, The
words "Today I can only write a few lines..." have a similarity
to the words in the Letter dated "July 6, in the morning. Countess
Josephine Deym to Beethoven, You have long had my heart,
dear Beethoven if this assertion can give you joy, then
receive it From the purest heart Be careful that it is
also entrusted to the purest heart! It hurts me and I
supposed that maybe your feelings had changed yet I hope
that also down at E. and wherever I happened to be your image
will always follow me since it is the whole course of my life
my health is getting better every day, and therefore I hope
to be able to live soon again for my friends do not forget
do not condemn , for you your eternally
faithful devoted, just today I am coming into
town and I could almost hand over my letter myself if I did
not doubt that I might fail to see you for the third time, - XVII -
"is it really the case
that you do not want to see me anymore..." [? - XXII -
a more difficult question
could not be put to me
and I prefer to leave it unanswered, 404. [("Ludwig van Beethoven",
quoted in "Marion M Scott, Beethoven (1934)"]. Beethoven had a portrait of Thérèse. This letter is a touching and passionate love letter, written to someone who he loves and who clearly loves him back. ", --
Dr. Nicole Kämpken
Scientific or Research Staff of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn Museum. 6. the Archduke Rudolph,Cardinal-Archbishop of Olmütz. SAMAEL AUN WEOR
y por nuestro V.M. How is your health, your mood, your way of
life? The letter was found amongst the composers things after his death. Beethoven became acquainted with Guicciardi through the Brunsvik family (often known in English as "Brunswick"). 5 in F major Opus 24 "Spring Sonata" by Ludwig
van Beethoven, "La
Eternamente Amada" ("The Eternally Beloved"). Beethoven first met Josephine and her sister Therese when the two visited Vienna with their mother in 1799.
they are on the very bottom of me And I do not believe to need
them! - XIX -
Today
I can only write a few lines, 297. In the letters written by Beethoven to
Josephine in 1807, he addresses her as my "Only Beloved
J"[osephine]. But there is no evidence she was in either Prague or Karlsbad in 1812. Joséphine von BRUNSVICK (married DEYM), a.k.a. The language in them resembles that in the letter from the secret compartment. ", "Music, verily, is the mediator between
intellectual and sensuous life. A feeling which lies deep in my soul and cannot be
expressed, made me love you; even before I knew you, your music
made me enthusiastic for you The goodness of your character,
your affection made it stronger The distinction you bestowed
on me. What it is about, I do not know, I can only add
that maybe if you could help my brother in something, I would
also recommend him to you, even though mean people have spread
the rumour that he does not behave honestly with me, I can
assure you all this is untrue, as he has watched over me with
true integrity at all times, However, there was something rough
in his behaviour, and this is what people have against him, but
he has completely got out of it after a few trips he made in the
performance of his duties; let me know my dear Good J., when
he can come to your house, To Madam Countess Deym,
Born Countess Brunswick, - IV -
For You always for You only
You eternally You only You
until I die, 214. Pépi became his student and was very talented. And he too said nothing about it. Beethoven wrote at least 15 love letters to Josephine, calling her his “only beloved”, being “eternally devoted” to her and “forever faithful”. - XI -
Dear good Beethoven! Although his feelings were obviously reciprocated, Josephine was forced by her family to withdraw from him in 1807. I n 1957, 13 Love Letters written by Beethoven to Josephine were published in German by Joseph Schmidt-Gorg and by the "Beethoven-Haus Bonn" in a Facsimile Edition. 111... symbolize the unity of
their souls in heaven. The words "You You my All my supreme bliss"
without mark of separation are equivalent to
"Josephine Josephine my Joy" or "my supreme Fullness...". This suspicion which you impart to me so
frequently, which you manifest to me in such a mortifying manner
it is what pains me beyond all expression Let it be far from
me. "The Festival of Bacchus" of the Seventh
Symphony is the Sublime Feast of the Dionisiac Drunkenness in
the "Transcendental Eroticism" or White Sexual Magic between a
Man and a Woman: Beethoven-Bacchus and his Eternally Beloved
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