Beethoven looks cool in the 21st Century

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https://www.classicfm.com/composers/beethoven/modern-digital-potrait/

 

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Oh dear, I wonder what Bettina would do with that modernized portrait. 

It's probably a good thing the portrait does not present us with aromas. 

Baron de Tremont writes of a visit to Beethoven in 1809:
"Picture to yourself the dirtiest, most disorderly place imaginable - blotches of moisture covered the ceiling, an oldish grand piano, on which dust disputed the place with various pieces of engraved and manuscript music; under the piano (I do not exaggerate) an unemptied pot de nuit; ... the chairs, mostly cane-seated, were covered with plates bearing the remains of last night's supper and with wearing apparel etc."

Count von Keglevics, nephew of one of Beethoven's students, wrote:
"he had a whim, one of many, since he lived across from her [his student], of coming to give her lessons clad in a dressing gown, slippers and a peaked nightcap."






"It was not uncommon for {Beethoven's] friends to replace his old clothes with new ones overnight. Beethoven would apparently dress the next day completely unaware of the exchange.

http://toddtarantino.com/hum/beethovenhimself.html