James Zehm wrote on Beethoven's "antisemitism":

>I cannot priovide much detailed information anymore, but I know he wrote
>rather foul things about the jewish spys to a publisher (Breitkopf &
>Haertel?),

Which foul things? In which letters? More information, please.

>...and some biographers mention his suspicioness to foreginers, and jews.

Which biographers? Names and quotations, please.

>I am not sure if it now was the jews, but during the 30 years he lived in
>Vienna he moved to a new house 35 times, so obviously there was something
>that disturbed him very much.

Yes, that's obvious, but it's rather silly and suspicious (and maybe even
paranoid) to suppose that it has anything to do with Jews!  The man was a
neurotic, restlessness, unhappy, discontent and demanding person, never
satisfied with this or that apartment, always complaining about the ugly
view or the stairs or the lack of privacy or whatever other peanuts.
That's enough to "explain" his habit of moving so often.

>I wonder if you have read the original Beethoven letters or if you
>have read the English translations; remamber that often the letters are
>"refined" when translated, or even printed.

Don't worry. I've read them in German.

Regards,
Joyce Maier ([log in to unmask])