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Ludwig van Beethoven, Billet an Cajetan Giannattasio del Rio, Wien, 13. August 1817, Autograph

Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Sammlung H. C. Bodmer, HCB BBr 46

Cajetan Giannattasio del Rio runs a boarding school for boys to which Beethoven had sent his nephew Karl from 1816 onwards. In a letter Beethoven tells Giannattasio del Rio that Johanna van Beethoven (Karl's mother) is not to be allowed access to Karl till the following month as she has already visited her child once.

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