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Beethoven and Johann Michael Sailer
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AbstractThis chapter investigates Beethoven’s connection to the Bavarian Catholic theologian Johann Michael Sailer, one of the most prominent figures in the German Catholic lands during the composer’s lifetime. Beethoven is recorded as having expressed admiration for Sailer and also made unsuccessful plans for his nephew Karl to study with the theologian. In addition, he owned three books by Sailer—Goldkörner der Weisheit und Tugend, Friedrich Christians Vermächtniß, and Kleine Bibel für Kranke und Sterbende und ihre Freunde—along with Sailer’s translation of Thomas à Kempis’s medieval devotional text The Imitation of Christ. The chapter explains how these texts reflect Sailer’s theological outlook, which can be considered a centrist blend of progressive elements from the Catholic Enlightenment with more conservative elements from the Catholic Restoration. Sailer’s moderation in this regard resonates with evidence of Beethoven’s own views discussed in previous chapters and very likely explains why Beethoven found him an attractive figure.
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AbstractThis chapter investigates Beethoven’s connection to the Bavarian Catholic theologian Johann Michael Sailer, one of the most prominent figures in the German Catholic lands during the composer’s lifetime.
Beethoven is recorded as having expressed admiration for Sailer and also made unsuccessful plans for his nephew Karl to study with the theologian.
In addition, he owned three books by Sailer—Goldkörner der Weisheit und Tugend, Friedrich Christians Vermächtniß, and Kleine Bibel für Kranke und Sterbende und ihre Freunde—along with Sailer’s translation of Thomas à Kempis’s medieval devotional text The Imitation of Christ.
The chapter explains how these texts reflect Sailer’s theological outlook, which can be considered a centrist blend of progressive elements from the Catholic Enlightenment with more conservative elements from the Catholic Restoration.
Sailer’s moderation in this regard resonates with evidence of Beethoven’s own views discussed in previous chapters and very likely explains why Beethoven found him an attractive figure.
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