Ludwig van Beethoven citations célèbres
Lettres
“On estime que nous vivons sur notre planète depuis 5818 années.”
1818
Carnets de notes
“Pour un peu, j'aurais mis fin à mes jours…”
Testament d'Heiligenstadt (Oct. 1802)
Ludwig van Beethoven Citations
Au docteur Wegeler, 29 juin 1801
Lettres
“La haine rejaillit sur ceux qui l'ont engendrée.”
1814 (citation ?)
Carnets de notes
Testament d'Heiligenstadt (Oct. 1802)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Citations en anglais
“The day-to-day exhausted me!”
to Karl von Baden, August 23, 1823
“Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?”
Letter to Bettina von Arnim (11 August 1810)
24th November, 1814
Source: Johann Wenzel Tomaschek, "A Talk with Beethoven", The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 33, Beethoven Supplement (Dec. 15, 1892)
24th November, 1814
Source: Johann Wenzel Tomaschek, "A Talk with Beethoven", The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 33, Beethoven Supplement (Dec. 15, 1892)
10th October, 1814
In: Johann Wenzel Tomaschek, "A Talk with Beethoven", The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 33, Beethoven Supplement (Dec. 15, 1892)
Muß es sein? Es muß sein.
Epigraph to string quartet in F Major, Opus 135.
Ich werde im Himmel hören!
Said on his deathbed, 1827, as cited from the book Last Words.
“O you miserable fool, what I shit is better than anything you can do.”
Original: (de) Ach du erbärmlicher Schuft, was ich scheisse ist besser, als was du je gedacht. <br class="br">Source: Written in the margin of Gottfried Weber's negative review of Wellington's Victory in Beethoven's copy of Cäcilia (August 1825) https://books.google.com/books?id=KBuLcEJpX4sC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77
“Only the pure in the heart can make a good soup.”
Original: (de) Nur das Reine im Herzen kann eine gute Suppe machen.
