According to National Geographic; On the surface, Beethoven was a lonely genius who never married; But an unfinished letter made another picture of him. This letter was found in his desk drawer after his death and was addressed to an unnamed woman: “Immortal Beloved”.
In this letter, Beethoven writes neither about music nor about fame; It speaks of longing, of deep love and inevitable separation. The tone of the letter is clear; This is not a dista fascination; It is a real relationship that did not end for an unknown reason.
Since then, researchers have been trying to find the ideity of this woman. The clues go back to the summer of 1812; A trip between Prague, “Teplitz” and “Karlsbad”, and the night that apparely changed everything; But a serious obstacle, probably the woman’s marriage, did not allow this love to coinue.
Two names are repeated the most: Aonie Breano, Beethoven’s close friend and supporter, and Josephine Brunsvik, his piano stude and a woman with whom he had previously exchanged love letters. Both have been prese at the right time and place and both have been socially and familially unavailable.
It may never be known who the eternal lover was; But this ambiguity is part of the charm of the story. This letter, after two ceuries, brings Beethoven down from the legendary status and turns him io a human like everyone else who fell in love, failed and gave his grief to music.
Sometimes the greatest mysteries are made not to be solved, but to survive.
