Naglfar - When Autumn Storms Come

Desperate in her attempts by hook or by crook to get regular meetings with her son, which Beethoven allowed very rarely and only in his presence, Johann appealed to the Lower Austrian Land Court (landrecht) on September 21, 1818 with a petition drawn up by her distant relative Jacob Hochevar so that Karl was admitted to a public educational institution, royal-imperial convict. Beethoven sharply opposed this, and on October 3, Landrecht sided with him. It would seem that the attack of Johann was repulsed; Karl, having successfully passed the exams, was admitted to the third grade of the academic gymnasium at the University of Vienna: Beethoven, having watched him in the summer of 1818, came to the conclusion that the boy is more inclined to the humanities than to music. However, in December the situation sharply worsened. On December 3, Karl fled from his uncle to his mother,and he did not fail to restore his rights as the only full guardian with the help of the police. The boy was taken away from Johann and returned to Beethoven, who decided to temporarily put him back in the Caetana boarding house Giannatasio del Rio until he finds a more suitable educational institution.