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Young Beethoven receives instruction from his father
Reproduction of an illustration by Gaetano Albanese and Giorgio Ussardi
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- 1987
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- 2020-12-03
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- islandora:3660
- Lessons_father
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- Exhibited: The Beethovens on the Rhine (2020). Exhibition text: Beethoven’s first musical instruction came from his father. Johann was not a patient teacher and gave frequent beatings; the Fischer children remember Beethoven standing on a bench, too small to reach the keyboard, crying as his father loomed over him. Johann evidently had ambitions for Beethoven to become a court musician, but he did not initially encourage his endeavors in composition, wanting him instead to focus on the practical skills necessary for a versatile court musician. Gottfried Fischer recounted that Johann once caught Beethoven improvising on the violin, and shouted “What stupid stuff are you scratching at now? You know I can’t stand that. Scratch at the notes or you’ll never get anywhere!”
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- This work may not be in the public domain and may be protected by copyright laws of the country of the copyright holder. The digital images attached to this record may be used for teaching or research purposes under the provisions of the fair-use statute of the copyright law of the United States. For further information see the Beethoven Center's website at https://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven/collection/library-materials/index.php
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