The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II

Kotzebue, after a year of activity in Vienna as Alxingers successor in the direction, under the banker Baron von Braun, of the Court Theatre, then a year of exile in Siberia (1800), whence he was recalled by that semi-maniac Paul, who was moved thereto by the delight which the little drama Der Leibkutscher Peters III. had given himthen a short time in Jena, where his antagonism to Goethe broke out into an open quarrel, established himself in Berlin. There he began, with Garlieb Merkel (1802), the publication of a polemical literary journal called the Freymthige, Goethe, the Schlegels and their party being the objects of their polemics. Spaziers Zeitung fr die Elegante Welt (Leipsic) was its leading opponent, until the establishment of a new literary journal at Jena. At the beginning of 1803, Kotzebue was again in Vienna on his way to Italy. Some citations from the Freymthige of this time have an especial value, as coming, beyond a doubt, from his pen. His position in society, his knowledge from experience of theatrical affairs in Vienna, his personal acquaintance with Beethoven and the other persons mentioned, all combine to enable him to speak with authority. An article in No. 58 (April 12) on the Amusements of the Viennese after Carnival, gives a peep into the salon-life of the capital, and introduces to us divers matters of so much interest, as to excuse the want of novelty in certain parts. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43592
Author: Thayer, Alexander Wheelock
Release Date: Aug 29, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923