The Arkansas banner., 1850-03-19
Fram Btaekwc@i's Magazine. BEETHoyHy 1T TnE Pllxa.

Al ftst the 6Dgers ef the player ssea1ed to iroiss oseF the keys, though they ,0yel wth the v,bts- ton of the sirlugs. The soasds sfsotsive ant joeund. they ppPsed tk- aaghter: they wefe capri cIous as the merriaa~Ht of coqaette. Tpey then merged iBto a sweet and waibiiag eRteaes--a cadence of nlniiaais tenderness, the very saayiiy og which rendered nIoFe plqasat by it's lavish vaiialIonS. The measure chsaged Wlth Q n a5Ytpf ti,ng cG the treble hand gushei iuio ah air usi u and sprlgbsh as The dance ol Puck k--eomle--oli--- spEkiisg os tie ear l,ke EIEzags: t ;;asew oai shower o notes, II the voice Of sxllily and npT- Iiaeni; t vas gro,rsqae aHd hifai. dioa ia ifs confusion, and yet asnbe is anax,ag tn ngennttv Gradually, ap~eFer, tIse hamosoas movement resolved itself into s,Yaia W perpetual wih.eess -a strain that nsde the hlood caTalp 3ad the a.sl, creep. and the nerves Shaddes. It 30oanded with dark aud g05sta pss-ages. U was the whigiwiad b.osslhg asaoRg ihr crsgs of the Jsmgfrau and teisg ~fth the cries ol th~ witches o ahe Wal. pMrgies ft Enrdee IsasersiBg the corridors ot het; it midnISsIt over inc wilderness with the eiaads drifting before the E1NoH it vas a huTieane pn the deep sea; Il was every thing horrible wired like, aud tanuita0as. Aud through the very itsry oi these passages there woahi start ot rsvs- Ing and gentle b~aatv--thr incense oi sA sdosag heart waited 10 ihe biack heavens through he light ninSs aai lamentations oi Ninesrh Again tls musIeian changed tle purpose of hts Improvisation; it no longer dismal and appalling, 1t was pathetic. Ebe instrument beca,ne as a wrrs the organ of sadness, became eloquent with an aitEu- late wo, II a breast bursting with ahlc,ios, a voice broken with sorrow, and soul t,ssolsing with emotions. Tbea the variable harnonies pose from penstseness into frenzy from frenzy into the noise ad he shocks ot great battle; they sw,4l-d to the eln Of contendisg araiiss Io ih- sorta lp. slcssudes ol wafhks deeds, and foaret al la- bbio feAn, such as that ot Yietortoas Igious, wnei---
 "Gaiiy 10 glory they come,
 Like king lu bis pogar,
 To the blast oi the tFump,
 And the roar of the mighty dram"
 As the triumphant tones ni he instrument Folieap from Iis reeesses. and filled the apartment wtla a tarfrat oi majestic soand> tiIs musician swafed 10 ata iTo the enhusissm of his sublime inspaa. ltohs a d enhanced the divine symphony by the crash of many abrupt dlscord, the kesIcruclan gazed with awe upen the responsible gssneui of hIs eouaehaacr. The impetus of bls superb im.gi- nation InpaTted lHeoaeelvabe di -niiy 10 etfyy lsneameni, 10 his eapacious forehead fo his oaead and diseuded nosiri.s, to ihe herce pro,rusiot oi bis under p, to ihe mobile and generous expevsIoH of his modin, 10 the tswny yellow ol h,s conPex- IoH, to ihe brown depths 0i hls noble and diAed eyes. There something m unIson with the glorious sound :at ieserbersled through the clam Der h tAe enormous contour of hs head, astd the gray disorder ot hs hair. He seemed To eNult in the iorren, cf melody it gushcd from The piano. and stesmed out upon fIe dusk oi the evening g- While Czglostro stsning m aa ecssacy ol admiration, he was startled by d sudden ciasigor among the bass hcteslhe muslc seemed to be iaIn ble,l into confusion, and the was lsiHnn-d by psnial and inio+rAeis dissoaabeeI Ca looking more inlehtiy, hs perceived thai the composer had let one hand fall sbstrac'edly onl the key board, while the other executed, by itself. passage of tfsordinary difficulty and Insoluiion fhen fo lhe 6rs, tune, lhe thought struck hun that the musician was deaf.
 Alas the supPosiiion vas too true; Beethoven was cursed by 'hs loss of hIs most precious iacuity.- Those "h1 appreciate the u splendor ot his genius
 who worship ms memory wilh devotion inspired by hIs compositions, can sympa- thiss iu that terrible deprivation of hearing. by wiaich his art was rendered. blank, and the latter days of his hie sinSiiisisd.