Bettina von Arnim
Also known as Beans Beor, Bettina Brentano, Brentano, Bettine von Arnim, Bettina
German writer and novelist (1785-1859)
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Bettina von Arnim was a German writer and novelist who lived from 1785 to 1859 during a period of significant cultural change in Europe. Her works contributed to German literature of the Romantic era and remain of interest to scholars studying early 19th-century women writers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 April 1785
- Died
- 20 January 1859
- Works
- 127
Top works
- Goethe's Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde
- Geschichten ...
- Clemens Brentano's Frühlingskranz aus Jugendbreifen ihm geflochten wie er selbst schriftlich verlangte
- Briefe
- Clemens Brentano's Frühlingskranz
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1947
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Bettina von Arnim, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article
Bettina von Arnim (born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano; 4 April 1785 – 20 January 1859) was a German writer, composer, and novelist.
Bettina (or Bettine) Brentano was a writer, publisher, composer, singer, visual artist, illustrator, patron of young talent, and a social activist. She was the archetype of the Romantic era's zeitgeist and the crux of many creative relationships of canonical artistic figures. Best known for the company she kept, she numbered among her closest friends Goethe, Beethoven, Schleiermacher, and Pückler and tried to foster artistic agreement among them. Many leading composers of the time, including Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johanna Kinkel, and Johannes Brahms, admired her spirit and talents. As a composer, von Arnim's style was unconventional, molding and melding favorite folk melodies and historical themes with innovative harmonies, phrase lengths, and improvisations that became synonymous with the music of the era. She was closely related to the German writers Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim: the first was her brother, the second her husband. Her daughter Gisela von Arnim became a prominent writer as well. Her nephews, via her brother Christian, were Franz and Lujo Brentano.
