AGE 20 THROUGH AGE 21 - [1791]
BONN YEARS [1790 - 1792]
WORKS CREATED
| WoO 1: Ritterballett | Begun 1790, 1st performed 3/6/91 |
| WoO 5: Violin Conc in C | (1st movement fragment only. Completed by Hellmesberger and published 1879 w/ dedication to Gerhard von Breuning) |
| WoO 38: Piano Trio#8 (piano, violin & cello) in Eb | |
| WoO 51: Easy Pianoforte Sonata in C | (fragment - portions lost): (Dedicated & presented to Eleonore von Breuning) (2nd movement added to by Ferdinand Ries. 3rd movement is missing) |
| WoO 64: 6 variations for Harp or piano in F on a Swiss song | |
| WoO 65: 24 variations in D on Arietta, "Venni Amore by Righini | Published in August. Dedicated to Countess von Hatzfeld. |
| WoO 89 Bass aria "Prufung des Kussens" | |
| WoO 90: Bass aria "Mit Madeln sich vertragen" | |
| WoO 92: Soprano Aria | |
| WoO 111: Song, "Punschlied" | |
| WoO 113: Song, "Klage" |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
|
DATE
|
LIFE NOTES
|
OTHER NOTES
|
| By this time B. had dev. many friendships & contacts w/ aristocratic families (eg. Westerholts, Ekhoffs, Kochs). The Koch's ran a social and political club - the center of intellectual life in Bonn. Several comp's were for members of this group. | ||
| ? | Excellent review as a pianist. | |
| Mar 6 | Count Ferdinand Waldstein had produced a Ballet in old German costume-Ritterballett which was performed by the local nobility. Beethoven wrote the music (WoO 1) but hisname was not made public. [Kerman pg7] | |
| Summer | Haydn, while in England took on new student: a widow, Rebecca Schrecter with whom he became romantically involved by winter - may subseq. have influenced his later lack of attention to B's teaching 1792 [Haydn p69] | |
| Aug 30 | Court orch. traveled to Mergentheim where the Elector, Grand Master of the Tutonic Order, had to preside over its sessions for several weeks. He arranged to have his orchestra travel w/him. They journeyed up the Rhine & Main in two yachts with perfect weather and all were very playful. Lux, a singer and famous comedian was playfully elected the Great King of the Journey. He assigned duties & B. w/ Bernhard Romberg were assigned the kitchen. B. was presented with a mock diploma promoting him thru kitchen ranks, it was ceremoniously tied with unraveled strands of the ships rigging giving it an official look. B. retained it thru the years as a memento. (While there, B. & friends traveled to Aschaffenburg, the summer palace of the Electors of Mainz to visit the famous pianist, Sterkel. Sterkel challenged B. to play his own Righini Variations (WoO 65) w/ B. declining until Sterkel suggested B. could not possibly remember them in any case (music score could not be found for reading). B. took the challenge & played brilliantly including variations that had not previously been heard. Furthermore, B. played using Sterkel's light and graceful style that B. had heard that evening - imitating the style perfectly. All were amazed!) | ? Oct 20 |
| Dec 5 | Mozart died in Vienna. | |
| Dec 28 | Fourth opera season in Bonn - works performed included those of Mozart, Dittersdorf, Paisiello, and Dalayrac. |