Ludwig van Beethoven, Notizbuch mit Aufzeichnungen und Skizzen, Autograph

Transcription: [Bl. 1r:] [von Schindlers Hand:] Notata / von Beethoven. [von Beethoven:] links / bey der Wagen- / macherin / Funke C. Ph. Neues / Real Schullexikon / enthaltend alle zur Erklä- / rung alter Klassiker / nothwendige Hülfs- / wissenschaften, vornehm- / lich Geographie, Ge- / schichte, Philosophie / [Bl. 1v:] Alterthümer, Mitho- / logie - in der Haasi- / schen Buchhandlung / 30 fl: / [Bl. 2r:] eine 4telStunde u. / 20 Minuten zum / Feueranmachen u. / Sieden, so[?] / eine halbe Stunde / Kochen macht 55 / Minuten oder 3 viertelstun- / den u. 20 Minuten - / Schmerz u. Freude empfand ich zugleich / am 21ten S.[eptember], 30 fl: vorräthig. - / Mittwoch am 18ten September ist meinem / lieben mir theuren Neffen sein / Bruch operirt worden. - / am Schüs[?] / wein[?] fü[?] [?] / [Bl. 2v:] Schottland. - / Haushälterinnen / No 1 die schon gemeldete / gegenüber, der / Nationalbank / etc. - / No 2 zu erfragen / in der Untern Breuner / Straße No 1195 / zu ebener Erde / links. - beyde / Nrn sind beamtens / witwen - / [Bl. 3r:] No 3 ledige Weibsperson / vom lande kann / kochen waschen etc / in der josephstadt / Neudegger gaße / No 77 im 1-ten / Stock links die / Thür zu erfragen / (die scheint mir / die beste.) / No 4 kochen / Brodtbacken mehr / [Bl. 3v:] eine Landwirtschaf- / terin zu erfragen / im Mathematischen / Instrumenten- / Gewölbe in / der Stadt neben / dem Kapuziner- / Kloster No 1119 / an [?] / wegen Rizel u. / lobkowiz - / [Bl. 4r:] Briefe über die dänische litteratur / 2 theile von N. Fürst / bey gerold beyde / Theile 5 fl: W. W: / Federkiel im / Gewölbe in der / spiegelgaße / im Hause No 1161 / [Skizze] / [Bl. 4v-5v: Skizzen] / [Bl. 6r:] Gräffersche / Buchhandlung am / Franziskanerplaz / No 977 - / Weingeist auf der / alten wieden maaßweiß / 5 fl. No 185 bey / Joseph Zwierzina / zur Silbernen / Waag / [Bl. 6v:] Eine Ehle u. ein / halbes Drittel / darf nur 7 viertel / breit seyn - / bey geistinger / Praktische Anleitung / zum übersezen etc. / aus dem lateinischen / ins deutsche etc etc / 1 fl: 30 x / -de No 10 bey Hr peter / Witt. (J.R.)

The notebook contains quick sketches from Beethoven as well as notes he made while reading the newspaper. From advertisements from September and October 1816 he gathered information on four housekeepers, a quill seller, philological school books for Karl and a new edition on Danish literature.

The information on the four housekeepers (sheet 2v-3v) is from the Vienna Newspaper dated September 20, 1816 (Allgemeines Intelligenzblatt, p. 579). The advertisement of the first housekeeper was published on September 18, the one of the second housekeeper even on September 16.

Nicolai Fürst's "Briefe über die dänische Literatur" [Letters about the Danish literature] (sheet 4r) were announced in the Vienna Newspaper on September 30, 1816 (p. 1087). The price, however, was only indicated in the advertisement for the new edition from October 7 (p. 1115, also on October 12, p. 1135). Thus, Beethoven made the note not earlier than October 7.

The note about the quill (sheet 4r) was taken from a quill advertisement that was published quite often in the Vienna Newspaper (Allgemeines Intelligenzblatt), for example, on September 27 and 29 and on October 1, 3, 7, 9 and 11.

The literature note on sheet 6v probably refers to the school book "Praktische Anleitung zum Uebersetzen aus dem Deutschen in das Lateinische" [Guide for translation from German into Latin]. However, in his note, Beethoven reversed the translation direction. The school book, available with and without an appendix in Latin by Joseph Lamb, was available in different learning levels with different prices. Beethoven noted the price for the class 2 book. The advertisement was published in the Vienna Newspaper Intelligenzblatt on 31 May 1816 (p. 1232). The price Beethoven copied also refers to the book for the forth grammatical class, which was announced on 28 January 1817 (p. 195).

Carl Philipp Funke's New school encyclopaedia, including the auxiliary sciences geography, history, philosophy, antiquities and mythology required to explain the old classics (Vienna and Prague, Haas, third edition, 1815) was advertised in the "Intelligenzblatt", issue number 352, of the Vienna Newspaper on December 17, 1816. With regard to this ad, Beethoven wrote down keywords on the first page of the notebook.

Beethoven's note "Schottland" on sheet 2v may be related to an article about an earthquake in Scotland that the Vienna Newspaper had reported about on September 8, 1816 (see no. 252, page 997).

Beethoven's last note refers to a housekeeper's employment ad published in the "Intelligenzblatt" of the Vienna Newspaper by order of Peter Witt on January 14, 1817 (see no. 14, page 112). (F.G.)