BEETHOVEN'S MISSA SOLEMNIS
TABLE OVERVIEW VII
TO THE CORRESPONDENCE
REGARDING THE SUBSCRIPTIONS 


 


Angels Making Music. Around 1510
Matthias Grünewald
from the Isenheim Altar
(Colmar, Alsace, France, Unterlinden Museum)
 

 


A: CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN BEETHOVEN AND SCHINDLER


Category

Consecutive # GA No./Page Sender/Recipient/Date

Content

VII A: Correspondence between  Beethoven and Schindler

VII A/1

1524
p. 3-4

LvB to Schindler, shortly before Jan. 23, 1823

Sends him the Gemeinnützigen und erheiternden Hauskalenders für das österr. Kaiserthum, the Calendar for the Austrian Empire..

 

VII A/2

1595
p. 74

LvB to Schindler, at the end of February or March 1823

Request for a discussion of subscription matters. 

 

VII A/3

1615
p. 96

LvB to Schindler, shortly after Mar. 20, 1823

Comment about Artaria's wish to publish the Mass, in light of the invitations for subscriptions.  

 

VII A/4

1650
p. 125-127

LvB to Schindler, 
shortly after May 17, 1823

Comment with respect to the copyist Schlemmer and the Kyrie of the Missa (copies for the subscriptions). 

 

VII A/5

1651
p. 127-128

LvB to Schindler, between May 17 and May 29, 1823

Discusses the invitation for subscription to Prince Esterhazy

 

VII A/6

1652
p. 128-129

LvB to Schindler, between May 17 and the end of June, 1823

Sends Schinlder parts of the Missa, for Schlemmer to copy.  

 

VII A/7

1655
p. 131-132

LvB to Schindler,
between May 17 and August 6, 1823

Sends the trombone parts of the Missa (for copying). 

 

VII A/8

1662
p. 137-140

LvB to Schindler, June 1, 1823

Request to have Schlemmer copy the trombones on beautiful paper.  Request to eqnuire with the household of Prince Esterhazy as to his inclination towards taking out a subscription. 

 

VII A/9

1663
p. 140-141

LvB to Schindler, around June 1, 1823

Second request for information with respect to Esterhazy

  VII A/10 1675
p. 153

LvB to Schindler, Jun. 18, 1823

Request to send the German and French invitations for subscriptions to review them for errors. 

  VII A/11  1679
p. 155-158

LvB to Schindler, shortly after June 25, 1823

Discussed Schlemmer's progress and advises him not to pay an further visits to the embassies of subscribers.  

  VII A/12  1684
p. 159-161

LvB to Schindler, at the end of June, 1823

Request to dispatch the packages to Prince Galitzin in Russia. 

  VII A/13  1702
p. 185

LvB to Schindler, second half of July, 1823

Request for the certificate that Archduke Rudolph was to issue. 

  VII A/14 1706
p. 191
 

LvB to Schindler, last third of July, 1823

Request for copies of the certificate by Archduke Rudolph. 

  VII A/15  1707
p. 191-192

LvB to Schindler, Jul. 23, 1823

Repeated request for the above-noted copies, and dispatch to St. Petersburg

  VII A/16

 1709
p. 193-194

LvB to Schindler, shortly before Jul. 23, 1823 

Request to copy an invitation, probably that of an invitation for subscription to the King of Saxony

   VII A/17

 1711
p.195

LvB to Schindler, before Jul. 25, 1823

Enquiry as to the departure time of the mail coach to Dresden, probably in the matter of the 'Saxon' subscription. 

   VII A/18

 1712
p. 196

LvB to Schindler, shortly before Jul. 25, 1823

Indicates what should be written on the envelope to Saxony. 

   VII A/19

 1720
p. 204-205

LvB to Schindler, at the beginning of August, 1823

Dispatch of a package for the Russian Embassy. 

   VII A/20

 1736
p. 222

LvB to Schindler, around Aug. 23, 1823 

According to the GA probably in connection with the 50 florins that LvB had promised to Schindler. 



B: SUBSCRIPTION CORRESPONDENCE CONDUCTED BY ANTON SCHINDLER 

 Category

Consecutive  #

GA-No./Page

Sender/Recipient/Date

Content

VII B: Subscription Correspondence conducted by  Anton Schindler 

VII B/1 

1730
p. 213-214

Carl Keller from Donaueschingen to Schindler, Aug. 18, 1823

Discusses subscription prospects in Donaueschingen

 

VII B/2

 1747
p. 232

Schindler to Keller in Donaueschingen, Oct. 4, 1823

Renewed request for mediation with respect to a subscription by Prince  Karl Egon II. von Fürstenberg.

 

VII B/3

 1755
p. 237-238

Carl Keller to Schindler, Dec. 6, 1823

Reports that he did his utmost and recommends direct correspondence with the Prince.