Theodor von Frimmel [SEP] place of death
Theodor von Frimmel
Theodor von Frimmel, fully Theodor von Frimmel-Traisenau (December 15, 1853 in Amstetten – December 3, 1928 in Vienna) was an Austrian art historian, musicologist and Beethoven biographer. He was born in Amstetten and eventually settled in Vienna.
Biography.
Theodor von Frimmel was assistant curator at the Imperial Natural History Museum ("Hofmuseum") of Vienna until 1893, later taught art history at the Vienna Athenäum and was director of a gallery. He is mainly remember as musicologist for essays
biographer of Beethoven. It consists of over 400 items that were handed over to the Beethoven-Haus as a permanent loan in 1998. Furthermore, the library is in possession of several bequests, for example from Anton Schindler, Theodor von Frimmel and Max Unger. With an inventory of almost 100,000 media units containing biographical data the Beethoven-Haus library is now the largest public Beethoven-related library. Its reading room and reference library are popular with users from all over the world who enjoy working and studying at a historic quartet