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Anton Felix Schindler (13 June 1795 – 16 January 1864) was an Austrian law clerk and associate, secretary, and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven. [1] [2]
Anton Schindler (1795-1864): Beethoven's first biographer. All Beethoven scholars have reason to be grateful to Schindler - and angry with him - in equal measure. Schindler was a violinist who introduced himself into Beethoven's circle in about 1822.
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Anton Felix Schindler was born in 1795 in Meedel (Moravia) and died in 1864 in Bockenheim (today part of Frankfurt). He moved to Vienna in 1813 to study law and philosophy at the University of Vienna. He played violinfrom childhood, he was competent, but not exceptional at it. In 1822 he had given up his law career and became first violinist at the...
The two met for the first time in 1814, when the young violinist delivered a letter from Ignaz Schuppanzigh to Beethoven. They met regularly in the coming years, but it is not possible to point to a certain year when Schindler officially became his secretary. According to Schindler he became his helper from 1819. Apart from his testimony nothing el...
In short: Schindler forged history, destroyed evidence and based a career on the short relationship he had with Beethoven! After the death of Beethoven, on the following day, he stole valuable things from his apartment. Many conversation books (some estimations put it to 400 books), manuscripts, letters, his clock, glasses and even ear trumpets wer...
Heinrich Heine, the poet, described Schindler as “a long black beanpole with a horrible white necktie and the expression of a funeral director…”. He considered Schindler a nobody who wanted to profit from the relationship he had with Beethoven. Both Wegeler (a life long friend of Beethoven) and Ries(his student) detested Schindler. Schindler had di...
Yes, we can! He was a faithful errand and helper of Beethoven until his last day. He revered and served the composer the best he could. One letter from Beethoven shows his respectful attitude as he wrote to Schindler “…when you write me do it in the exact same way as I do to you. That is to say, without giving me a title, without addressing me, wit...
Jun 7, 2024 · Anton Felix Schindler’s propensity for manipulating reality remains the most remarkable aspect of his fame. The reputation of the Moravian musician and conductor, better known as “l’Ami de Beethoven,” 1 has undergone the merciless judgment of history; indeed, much evidence condemns him without hope of appeal.
Jan 1, 1996 · For most of the last ten years of Beethoven's life, Anton Schindler was closely associated with the composer as pupil, secretary, servant, and factotum. This relationship gave...
Austrian violinist and conductor, remembered as friend and biographer of Beethoven. Leader and cond. at Josephstadt Th., Vienna, 1822, Kärntnerthor Th., 1825. Choirmaster, Münster Cath., 1831–5, mus. dir. and choirmaster, Aachen 1835–40.
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May 17, 2024 · Schindler's musical background and his earlier acquaintance with Beethoven have often been misunderstood or misrepresented, and so a review of them, in light of recent research concerning Vienna's orchestras and concert life in Beethoven's time, seems warranted here.
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