ALANa s LLP re Number 2 in the series North American Beethoven Studies, edited by William Meredith Letters to Beethoven and Other Correspondence VOLUME 2: 1813-1823 aio Beethoven in 1814. Engraving by Blasius Héfel, after a drawing by Louis Letronne. Source: Vienna: Artaria & Co., 1814. LETTERS TO BEETHOVEN and Other Correspondence “& Translated and Edited by Theodore Albrecht VOLUME 2: 1813-1823 Published by the University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London, in association with the American Beethoven Society and the Ira E. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University © 1996 by the University of Nebraska Press All rights reserved 4 Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Letters to Beethoven and other correspondence / translated and edited by Theodore Albrecht p. cm.—(North American Beethoven studies; no.2) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8032-1033-7 (cloth: alkaline paper) (v.1) ISBN 0-8032-1039-6 (cloth: alkaline paper) (v.2) ISBN 0-8032-1040-x (cloth: alkaline paper) (v.3) 1. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827— Correspondence. 2. Composers— Austria— Correspondence. 1. Albrecht, Theodore. 11. Series. ML410.B4L5338 1996 780'.92-dc20 [B] 95-43793 CIP MN me HIO 27339 7—¢S 40K" BY BOSS IFAlo CONTENTS List of Letters and Documents vil Tet of Illustrations Note on Currency Values List of Abbreviations Xxill Letters to Beethoven and Other Correspondence