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Ludwig van Beethoven, Brief an Joseph Karl Bernard in Wien, Mödling, 19. August 1819, Autograph

Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Sammlung H. C. Bodmer, HCB Br 32, HCB Br 33, HCB Br 26

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In this lengthy letter to his friend Bernard Beethoven writes of the problems he is currently having with his nephew Karl and how he will deal with them. In a hard and unrelenting tone he gives voice to the usual reproaches and accusations against his sister-in-law (the child's mother), the authorities and officials involved, as well as against the educationalist Blöchlinger and even against his nephew.

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