Sterkel

Marx here and elsewhere in his book attributes them to Sterkel!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

Here we find the well-known anecdote of Beethoven's playing several variations upon Righini's air, "Vieni Amore," from memory, and improvising others, before the Abbé Sterkel.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

Sterkel, Franz Xaver, a pleasing pianist and composer, whom Beethoven visited at Aschaffenburg in 1791, and greatly astonished by his pianoforte playing.

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Wallace, Lady 1866

Cannabich played my six sonatas, and in fact better than Sterkel.

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang A 1864

Sterkel, Franz Xaver, a pleasing pianist and composer, whom Beethoven visited at Aschaffenburg in 1791, and greatly astonished by his pianoforte playing.

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 Ludwig van Beethoven 1798

H. W.'s astonishing knowledge of harmony and melody recall the old composers of the Empire, -- Sterkel, [illegible,]

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 Ludwig van Beethoven 1798

Cannabich played my six sonatas, and in fact better than Sterkel.

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1773

Sterkel says she often asks parents how they will cope if their adopted child develops behavioral disorders.

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Sterkel said individuals seeking to adopt in Russia often had little access to the detailed medical histories of adoptive children.

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"I do not know the circumstances (in the Hansen case) but it is known that this child was the child of an alcoholic," Sterkel told AFP.

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