New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
c.,,b Conducted in the Light
Cast by Surviving Letters
of the Musician.
Continued from last sunday0

Continued from last Sunday
CHAPTER III.
1911. by Charles scriOner's sOns)
poethoven's posthumous ef-
AnOns foynd a portrait in oil by J. 3.
is''s ,,i with the following inscription
7'n , - nscl; Of the frame;
o. wv TO the Unique Genius,
,ro me Great Artist,
TO the good man
From T. r.
ss,tenen Genie. dem grossen
~ dem cu;en Menschen.D
~ roference 10 the portrait presented
-. by the Countess Therese calls
!, explanatory note)
10 - ,,c,ure went from the possession OF
l"s a. ~ Beethoveu's nephew Karl
ne ~ George Hellmesberger, sr.. in
no "a IA was presented by his grandson
y" Reethovenhaus Nerein in Bonn,
f. Is now preserved. 1t is. in all
"..,ui.v. tho portrait Of which Bee
-, sneaks in a letter TO Count Franz
uV.,-tok dated July II. 1911: Since l do
~ how the portrait fell into your
- r. would be best were YOU 10 bring
80 Won. an amiable artist will no
10 found who will copy it for the
- e-iendship" Besides the portrait of
A1rountess Therese there was also me-
III, ,ictu-c Of the Countess Guicciardi
80 the effects eft by Beethoven. 1t
.. Identified as such by her son. who died
= $50 tSeo BreuninC. Aus dem Schwarz-
,..,isrbause" page 12t)
-ro remarks may hc noted here which.
j, n ,o great Importance. are worth the
- they viii occupy: First. after the
.-.-cs NJ the dedication Of Op. Is
-,.-ess Won Prunswicb's name disappears
..,,, all papers. notes and memoranda
.,.ce-rir- Beethoven. collected by Jain
!, tho author: vet the friendship between
-, and the brother remained undisturbeG.
s,.ond this friendship OF thirty years
s,~s,ior was only broken by death; yet
-s,o,,rb fin the later years long periods OK
,,,aration were frequent. their known
,-.s,ola~v correspondence ia comprised in
- bsf dozen letters. and the half Of
r.sa with false dates. Were these aHF
s-o, why should ALL except these. which
-. neither Of particular interest nor i'm
,.-.,,ca have. been destroyed or concealed?
r,isss indeed. there was a secret 70 be
...ser-sd Tbe~ese Won Brunswick lived
20 great age. having the reputation Of
-ohls and generous but eccentric character
=, regard 10 Beethoven. so far as is known
,.s ike Srskespeare's Cardinal died and
made no sign Because she could not.
piamanD in his revision Of Volume II OF
,.s biography says. The statements in the
second and third volume Of tie first edi-
,on were based on the belief that the
ss-ious marriage project Of Beethoven
,uhicb led him 10 ask WeGeler 10 get for
trf a transcript OF his baptismal certif-
tate but which fell through soon after
rust needs be connected with the person
n whom the love letter was addressed.
BIT since It has been determined by
careful study OF Clements letters that
Baethoven's cffer Of marriage in 1910 most
Certainly referred 10 TheTese Won Nal
N,u who. however as We shall see. can
nj be considered in connection with the
loye etter. this combination is become IN
tenabe 4 large number II Beethoveu's
letters must re assigned 20 entirely differ
on years. because Clements correspond
ence with his partner Collard makes II
cr-sin that the honorarium for the works
sa.iFn lQ7 was not paid out till the spring
o. $50 TIE relations II Beethoven to
Therese Malfatu are thus transferred from
" 20 lVl-l0 and 10 can no longer be
maintained that 1870 was the year in which
BeetrCven's project Of a marriage with
Tdercse Brunswick came 20 an end. Ihis
means that Dr. Riemann believes that
while a man Of thirtv-eight years or age
would not write love letter like Bee
thoyens 90 a girl Of less than fourteen
years he would try 10 marry her when
10 was forty and she a triie under six
teen.
Thus far Thaycr There are other candi-
dates than the C0untesses Guicciardi and
Brllswick for tie honor OF having been
the object Of What must be admitted was
Heethoyens supreme love-0r. at least.
there are other women for whom writer's
have pat in pleas Though Or. Kalischer
Irofessed 20 believe that he had effectua!ly
disposed Of the Thayer hypothesis, IL is
significant that by far the most notable
champions who fought for their respective
adl loves are those who entered the lists
II the Countess Therese. mention only
Ne American Thayer. the Englishman
Grove, the Germans La Mara. Storck and
lreinger like Kalischer the editor Of a
collection Of Eeethoven's letters, the
f'enchmen ROLAND and Chantavoine. both
b0sraphers Of Beethoven. SCHNEIDER, Nohl
and kaiische~ carried the sleeve Of the
Countess GG.cciardi. Frimmel and Volbach
seemed gently inclined TO Masdalena Will
nan, the actress. who said that Beethoven
wanted to marry her. but she would not
nave him because he was s. ugly and half
crazy Dr. Woifgang :. Thomas-San-
GALL is the champion Of Amalia Sebald
as me Immortal Beloved and Of 1872
d the year In which the love letter was
written. OF his book CDie Unsterbliche
Oehebte Beethovens. Amalia Sebald,
maize 1900 10 may be said that its merit
"es IN lbs close, pertinent and dispassionate
.tasonng-the quality in which all Of Or.
Aalscher's arguments are most deficient.
s.h.nd.er's story touching the letter and
Oilletta Guicciardi was unquestioned for
nearly thirty years when doubt was cast
upon % hF Thayer's Investigations. which
I@el me date as 800 and thereby eliminated
~e countess as the composer inamorata.
N Volume IT Thaycr cCntented himself
WIN demonstration that the Countess
v'-.d not be the Immortal Beloved In
volume III. in the body of the book CPD
-'--3sl he suggested that in greatest
portability the lady was the Countess The
ieS' Won Brunswick. 10 does not appear
wa, be- ever went further than this. but
NJ died boz 1885, in fun conviction that by
10 possibility could the Guicciardi be re-
AaoI'ated in the place she had so long
occupied in tic minds Of historians and
f'inancers. His first contribution 10 the