Theodor Frimmel (1853–1928). Austrian scholar. Trained in medicine, he was assistant curator at the Vienna Hofmuseum 1884–93, later taught art history at the Vienna Athenäum and was director of a gallery. His works by this time included Beethoven und Goethe: eine Studie (1883), Neue Beethoveniana (1888) and Ludwig van Beethoven (1901) and were later to include two volumes of Beethoven letters (1910–11) and his Beethoven-Handbuch (1926). ( NGDM ) In 1907, Frimmel approached Schenker about contributing to his new Beethoven-Jahrbuch, which however lasted only two issues (1908, 1909) without Schenker having supplied anything. Substantial correspondence from Frimmel to Schenker exists as: OJ 11/10, 1902-1927 (28 items) A copy of his later Beethoven-Forschung, vol. 9 (1923) exists in Schenker’s library, OJ 34/2, with an inscription from the author, and Schenker clipped an article of his from the Wiener Zeitung, February 13, 1921 in his scrapbook, OC 2/59. There were copies of Beethoven-Forschung for 1911–18 and Ludwig van Beethoven, 4th, edn in the sale of Schenker's personal library ( Musik und Theater. Enthaltend die Bibliothek des Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien, Antiquariat Heinrich Hinterberger ). Frimmel is mentioned in the following items currently on the website: |
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| Theodor Frimmel (1853–1928). Austrian scholar. Trained in medicine, he was assistant curator at the Vienna Hofmuseum 1884–93, later taught art history at the Vienna Athenäum and was director of a gallery. His works by this time included Beethoven und Goethe:... | |