Bettina von Arnim
19th-century German writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) (4 April 1785 – 20 January 1859),[1] born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist.
Bettina von Arnim | |
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Born | Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano (1785-04-04)4 April 1785 Frankfurt am Main |
Died | 20 January 1859(1859-01-20) (aged 73) Berlin |
Resting place | Wiepersdorf |
Pen name | Beans Beor |
Occupation | Writer, publisher, composer, singer, visual artist |
Language | German |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Spouse | Ludwig Achim von Arnim |
Children | Gisela von Arnim |
Relatives | Sophie von La Roche (grandmother) Clemens Brentano (brother) Christian Brentano (brother) Franz Brentano (nephew) Lujo Brentano (nephew) Herman Grimm (son-in-law) |
Bettina (or Bettine) Brentano was a writer, publisher, composer, singer, visual artist, an 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.