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4 days ago · Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - February 2024. 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 ...
1 day ago · Beethoven denies that there is any such contract. Schindler reminds him that he was going to pay Schuppanzigh 50 florins for his services; if that is so, then “permit me too to make out my bill.” Beethoven probably throws Schindler out for his effrontery. Beethoven writes a pair of letters to music publishers B. Schott’s Sons in Mainz today.
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4 days ago · BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Monday, May 17, 1824. May 17, 2024 | Filed under: Beethoven, Bicentennial, Blog Post. Despite the flareup yesterday between Beethoven and erstwhile unpaid assistant Anton Schindler, the factotum is again running errands for the composer today.
4 days ago · 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.
5 days ago · Furthermore, as of yesterday afternoon the plan was for the concert to be on May 18, so something happened that is not reflected in the conversation books.] Beethoven blames Schindler anyway. Schindler shrugs it off: “You may not think badly of me because of this, because I am no Evangelist for you. You can surely do, however as you yourself ...
1 day 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 6, 2024 · On May 8, 1945, the war in Europe ended, and the next day Schindler and his wife fled the country with the help of several of the Schindlerjuden, as the Jews he saved came to be known. Schindler was wanted for war crimes in Czechoslovakia due to his earlier espionage activities.
