When Steibelt got REKT by Beethoven
The story of the Beethoven vs. Steibelt is a legendary one. Steibelt got wrecked so badly, that he downright REFUSED to play or even show up to any event where Beethoven was present.
By the way, the dialogue that I included in the beginning isn't actually a quote from Steibelt, I just made it up. Steibelt did, however, make it a condition that if he is to play somewhere, Beethoven BETTER NOT be there.
References:
Thayer, Alexander Wheelock. “Chapter XIII; The year 1800.” Thayer's Life of Beethoven, edited by Elliot Forbes, vol. 2, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1967, p. 257
Swafford, Jan. “The Good, the Beautiful, and the Melancholy.” Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph: A Biography, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, NY, 2015, pp. 247–248.
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