WorkLudwig van Beethoven

Beethoven's letters to the Immortal Beloved (Julia)

Beethoven's letters to the Immortal Beloved (Julia) Inferred

Ludwig van Beethoven

InferredA substantial verbatim excerpt of Beethoven's love letter is copied out at length.

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    “Beethoven's three love letters to Julia. (from a bathing place in Hungary) 6th July morning. My angel, my all, my (self)...”

    Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers)

    A substantial verbatim excerpt of Beethoven's love letter is copied out at length.

When Fuller engaged with this work

No datable encounters with van Beethoven, Ludwig have been catalogued yet.

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On Beethoven

M-055.txt, Page 9
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“Beethoven's three love letters to Julia. (from a bathing place in Hungary) 6th July morning. My angel, my all, my (self)...”

Fuller, Margaret. "On Beethoven." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred A substantial verbatim excerpt of Beethoven's love letter is copied out at length.