#Beethoven250 Day 25
“Punschlied” (WoO 111), 1790–92?
This short drinking song is in praise of punch “passed in a circle from hand to hand.” “Rejoicing, we will all go on drinking as long as the bowl still has punch to offer.”
#Beethoven250 Day 25
“Elegie auf den Tod eines Pudels” (WoO 110), 1792?
This elegy on the death of a poodle confesses that “tears flow freely.” Yet, that pet will “go on living and, in my thoughts, conjure up happy memories.”
#Beethoven250 Day 25
“An Laura” (WoO 112), 1792?
These verses to Laura seek to guide her after death to “where the Judge weighs all our deeds.” But we shall remember “Happy woman! The last of your days was a sunset in May.”
#Beethoven250 Day 25
“Selbstgespräch” (WoO 114), 1792?
This Soliloquy recounts how one “hostile to love” and who “once denounced marriage” has discovered that “I think I’m in love with Doris.”
#Beethoven250 Day 25
“An Minna” (WoO 115), 1792?
This song to Minna sings praise from a husband to his wife. It begins “Only with you, upon your bosom do care and grief and anguish flee.”