Julie ( `` Giulietta '' ) Guicciardi ( 23 November 178222 March 1856 ) was an Austrian countess and briefly a piano student of Ludwig van Beethoven .
Julie ( `` Giulietta '' ) Guicciardi ( 23 November 1782 -- 22 March 1856 ) was an Austrian countess . For a short time , she was a piano student of Ludwig van Beethoven .