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Princess Christiane Lichnowsky-- she and her husband Karl invited Beethoven to live with them for several years. She was one of the better pianists amongst the Viennese nobility... |
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Prince Lobkowitz had a great home (where the first performance of the Eroica was held). He also had a real case of paranoia; he would leave correspondence unopened for years, and he spied on passers-by with a mirror.... |
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Prince Razumovsky |
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...looking at his maps of his "modest" Viennese home... |
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a typical aristocratic estate... |
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where great parties and informal gatherings (and concerts) were held. Unfortunately, the castle was destroyed by fire in 1814, whereupon Razumovsky took the violinist Schuppanzigh to Russia. |