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Autograph letter signed from Beethoven to Sigmund Anton Steiner, Vienna, February 1822 [Brandenburg no. 1502]
Autograph letter signed from Beethoven to his publisher Sigmund Anton Steiner in Vienna requesting a copy of his cantata for chorus and orchestra, "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt" ("Calm Sea and Properous Voyage"), Opus 112, which Steiner published in February 1822. The text of the cantata is by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, to whom Beethoven dedicated the work. One half page, in German with signature in Latin script, with address and remnant of a red seal on verso. Translation from Anderson: "Please send me one copy of Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt and so forth for what has been promised; and at the same time I undertake to correct the proofs in a few days. I am terribly busy and at the moment have no one to help me. With the sincerest sincerity yours, Beethoven.
- Date
- 1812
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- Date created
- 2021-09-20
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- islandora:4076
- absms15
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- Notes
- Purchase, Schubertiade 20210726, from the estate of Peter Serkin, acquired with funds from members of the American Beethoven Society, the Romo-Meredith Endowment, the Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust, and other donors. Previously in the collection of Pablo Casals, then by gift to Rudolf Serkin, then by descent to Peter Serkin.
- References: Anderson, Letters of Beethoven no. 1073; Beethoven Briefwechsel Gesamtausgabe no. 1502
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- This work is in the public domain and therefore the digital images attached to this catalog record may be used without permission for study and research purposes. Credit statements for these images should read “From the collections of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San José State University.” For information on obtaining higher resolution reproductions and permission to publish, see the Beethoven Center's website https://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven/collection/library-materials/index.php
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