giannatasio's

Updated: August 28, 2026

In conversation with Giannatasio del Rio, who kept the school at which the nephew was placed, he stated, "I will never be able to form a closer tie than the one which now binds me to my nephew." He took lodgings near the school and visited Giannatasio's family frequently.

George Alexander Fischer - Beethoven, a character study : Together with Wagner's indebtedness to Beethoven