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The Texts of the Ninth

The Texts of the Ninth. The Literary Text The Musical Text. The Literary Text. Schiller (1759–1805) 1785 Leipzig: “revolution of his fate” S. later viewed it more folklore than poetry B.’s utopia. The Musical Text: The Autograph. Splitted into 7 parts. The Musical Text: The Autograph.

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The Texts of the Ninth

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  1. The Texts of the Ninth The Literary Text The Musical Text

  2. The Literary Text Schiller (1759–1805) • 1785 Leipzig: “revolution of his fate” • S. later viewed it more folklore than poetry • B.’s utopia

  3. The Musical Text: The Autograph Splitted into 7 parts

  4. The Musical Text: The Autograph • IV 343–74 in Paris since 1880, 1901 Conservatoire • parts of II given by Schindler 1846 to Moscheles in London, then 1938 in Zürich, 1956 Bonn Beethoven-Haus. • I–III and two parts of IV sold by Schindler 1846 to the Royal Library in Berlin; then kept in Schlesien during WWII, 1946 in Krakow, 1977 returned to E. Berlin. • Four parts of IV acquired 1827 by Artaria in Vienna, then via Bonn to the Royal Berlin Library in 1901; kept in various place during WWII, 1946 returned to E. Berlin. Only the last part via Tübingen 1947 to W. Berlin 1967. • 1990 reunification of the two Berlin libraries.

  5. The Musical Text: Some Controversies • philology/philosophy • I 81: D/B • informed imagination • II 412: = 116 /  = 116 / = 160/? • tradition in transition (vanishing) • IV 221: vocal appoggiatura

  6. The Musical Text: The Sketches • B. to Archduke Rudolph, 1823 “at the piano you should jot down your ideas in the form of sketches. For this purpose you should have a small table beside the piano… You should also compose without a piano… This will certainly not give Your Highness a headache; nay, rather, it will afford you real enjoyment when you thus find yourself in the very swim of artistic production.”

  7. The Musical Text: The Sketches • B. used and kept sketchbooks (“desk”) since 1798, “pocket” used since 1815 • B. died 26 March 1827, non-musical belongings auctioned 5 May, musical Nachlass auctioned 5 Nov. • Artaria was mainly responsible for the cataloguing and appraisal, and bought 60% of the material (!). • In between, uncountable items were “took away” (esp. Schindler!).

  8. Musical Nachlass Auction 5 Nov. 1827 • material in great disarray • under legal quarantine until Aug. 16 • apartment must be vacated before Sept. 29 • no published catalogue, just one advertisment • local affair, low price (insider trade!)

  9. Artaria • Art and Music shop in Vienna • founded 1765 in Mainz, Vienna 1770–1932 • Domenico A. led 1793–1833

  10. A Typical Music Shop in Vienna

  11. Artaria • printed Haydn since 1780 • Mozart since 1781 • Beethoven since 1793 • acquired over 60% of B. musical Nachlass (to be resold later)

  12. Gustav Nottebohm (1817–82) • studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Mendelssohn, Schumann and Hauptmann, and in Vienna under Sechter • 1858 Board member of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde • befriended Brahms • Pioneer of the Beethoven Sketch Research

  13. Problems • Boldrini: undiplomatic (usw) • Artaria 201, 111: misinterpretation (finale)

  14. Literature • Nottebohm: Two Beethoven Sketchbooks: A Description with Musical Extracts (Leipzig, 1865, 1880; London 1979). • D. Johnson, A. Tyson and R. Winter: The Beethoven Sketchbooks: History, Reconstruction, Inventory (Oxford 1985).

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