The Beethoven teaser

[Michael]

Yes Megan! 'strikes a chord'. The clue also was also a reference to her being a piano manufacturer - 'domestic goddess' was a reference to her helping to sort out Beethoven's household from 1817 onwards.

I stood at her grave last year in Vienna!

[Peter]

A final clue for number 2 - the Pastor was also engaged by Mozart's widow Constanze as tutor to her sons. He suggested a subject to Beethoven for an opera.

[Megan]

A final clue for number 2 - the Pastor was also engaged by Mozart's widow Constanze as tutor to her sons. He suggested a subject to Beethoven for an opera.

G.J. Vogler,?




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[Peter]

G.J. Vogler,?




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No I'm afraid not, but a good try Megan!

Time is up and the answer to this one is Amenda (a pastor) who in 1815 suggested 'Bacchus' to Beethoven as a subject for an opera.

[Megan]

No I'm afraid not, but a good try Megan!

Time is up and the answer to this one is Amenda (a pastor) who in 1815 suggested 'Bacchus' to Beethoven as a subject for an opera.

Thanks for another well thought up teaser Peter, even though I may not be as quick as others in finding the answers, but once the answer is revealed , it is enjoyable to learn all these facts about Beethoven.

[Peter]

Thanks for another well thought up teaser Peter, even though I may not be as quick as others in finding the answers, but once the answer is revealed , it is enjoyable to learn all these facts about Beethoven.

I'm glad you're enjoying them Megan - I think you've hit the nail on the head in that the real purpose behind them is to reveal many forgotten facts. More this evening - I just hope I can keep on coming up with different ones, it is getting harder for me as well!

[Michael]

I'm glad you're enjoying them Megan - I think you've hit the nail on the head in that the real purpose behind them is to reveal many forgotten facts.

Exactly. Nobody would have known about the Rimsky-Korsakov connection only for this thread.