BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Thursday, August 24, 1826

Beethoven makes some morbid memoranda in his conversation book, indicating a depressed state of mind: [Birthe Kibsgaard suggests that these may be possible excuses or explanations in the event Beethoven is interrogated about Karl’s suicide attempt; he is no doubt troubled, shocked, and frightened, and dreads that he will be …