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- In January, 1823, Anton Schindler (1795–1864), a former university student and law clerk who had recently turned professional violinist as concertmaster at the theater in suburban Josephstadt, began serving as Beethoven's part-time and unpaid secretary for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions to the Missa solemnis, and soon for other functions as well.
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4 days ago · Beethoven likely drafts an undated note about now to former unpaid assistant Anton Schindler, making the break between them permanent: “I ask you not to come to me at all, under any pretext, either alone or with anyone else.” [Here two lines are illegible, where Beethoven has written on top of his first version.] “I am saddened in any case that it happened the third time.”
May 24, 2024 · In the evening, Beethoven goes with Brother Johann, Nephew Karl and unpaid assistant Anton Schindler to the Theater an der Wien, where they are to see two comedies, Der Besuch auf dem Lande [ The Visit to the Country] by August Wilhelm Iffland, and Proberollen by Gottlieb Anton Friedrich Hansing.
May 17, 2024 · In the 1860 edition of his Biographie, Anton Schindler published an account of Beethoven's celebratory dinner for his innermost circle—the factotum Schindler, concertmaster Ignaz Schuppanzigh, conductor Michael Umlauf, and, of course, the composer's nephew Karl—at the restaurant Zum wilden Mann in the Prater. According to Schindler's ...
5 days ago · During 1822, Anton Schindler, who in 1840 became one of Beethoven's earliest and most influential (but not always reliable) biographers, began to work as the composer's unpaid secretary. He later claimed that he had been a member of Beethoven's circle since 1814, but there is no evidence for this.
May 17, 2024 · Böhm mentions that he had asked Schindler yesterday at Beethoven’s apartment whether Duport had sent to Beethoven on account of the composer’s concern, and Schindler denied it. Beethoven returns to his apartment.
May 17, 2024 · Schindler had presumably arrived prior to that time to set up the assembly line for pasting tabs into the orchestral parts for the Scherzo of the Ninth Symphony to facilitate page turning. Beethoven probably indicated where they should be placed; Gläser tipped them in; and Beethoven double-checked their placement.
