, 1869-02-07
BEETHoVEN'SL LAsrmomENT9.
Letter ffcm Ana1en' II etsen brenuer to
Alexander w. 1hRyer.

Alexander W. 1hayer.
Tho following Interesting letter has lust
appeared In German paper:
"hEafIc1xD AID DKAH FRIKHD: I VS. greatly
t7lh oftn1y, HON Viennt. Though It Is not 40
ekty 4 atsak fss I'M to carry On 4 Correspondence
~ =. w.s thirty esrs ago. and though 1 DO Eot
sei. vas involved, viii comply Win 1onr si.h.
md. ~ "A e}e-~ft1ess Of Bces9orcn's ass mo.
';sn msn p. . ao*a y rn rape. esery1h1s q With.
soiesaely e.sss 1emeaslsances % Ia ai,en am ,ns =
tended 10 send rutica on tho subject to sons
os, e9t nsyeT carried 9u. ny in,sn
And ravt Gfcas dteliko to talk about N ssou ard
ny ms gMn s1tetisneea -
) c'e!t ek IN The afserpoov. cn kne aStn ~ N.Y.
1881. fuund ihesc tte RoftcA B.tpn M. hIs eon'
snd AEe. ron Beethoven. pifs Of Joraan Nh
LIZ, as wel, a ny iHend Joteph Falischc:.
portrait.paIntsr. think that lro!csstr sch;pa.
let. ato. Was present Atscr time, the gtnue-
stsu4ctine wiih death, and raseT.ssnca little hopes
olhaalnR him Alyc On tneIr return.
Dnftrv abe iut moments u Bcetkoven's life.
thevea and ny,eIf, 20 GEE IN Tue eh.m6 Of
death. .Aftts Beethoven hsd, f,om thseo o.c:ost
n 'nc alteEnoou, whtn arrived, I'LL pas; nro,
aztny Of dam. daah Of ,i2 2atr,rg. attuupauied
y violent ehP Of thunder, cated into tho ruorn,
whleh i THs1J tllunniL ID {snow ~aa 1,ia1 on
u.
Af0 TITS uEc1Ecctra natural phtnaueuur,
eyes. t.1.ed h.s baud, sad, with eltnehed rsf.
sasEeEely Serious md tnE. ateninR sxpress1on. a
IaeEeh % x1hed TO saJ: = de!y 5e. Jc eos::le
,oo As.s ue tsaasn ta 9' i Tta MI =
sofa ~ Foraadi f y. drif'R9s R.l9s 81 1s'gss ~
win ae i .isosrd dSl .1s s asnd he n.t ,,,.ea To
AL COVE n1Tn The htd. ke half tlpeed bis cYta.
~ F!Ent naoa VIA urtcE h.s he1d; my lctt rested
hesr .bestmotsi re rc.,a. ., the Msat eors, no
p ker Esd winged ts n.Eht from this world Of d..
~ 70 t. rea ms 0: truth. ipEssssd 70 ihe ste,
WAds hi, for hesd. meath aud hal d.. Az ny
rtqsrt', Arae. Ven Beethoven ens on ! lock q
L. ~. 40 eaFs u 70 ue - holy n:mento Of
"j.hen nu,7itd, su1erfnr from deep emotion.
into Tho tnwn look Herr Tahlss Haa,pess tho
tnse!i'eeots Of b.e.hovrl'f decetse asd. ai,tf
s,nts; .,>nu.,.,.-
ba athef ieaa ATTRACTIVE; bu, tho gre1. aptrit
to'rsU, ts7etittihte and MsgleaI impression upou
Me ratrd al sTuJ enucaut lo+er Of music. Ey-
t5 ote nrH t1secu. lore SID auutre Besth3-
~ is no: the that begged Beethoven 10 r.
eese the e1ttcEo urcslon; Eof. oa being 10 ~
S1sstea b ihe x'se Q, ,hc late aen Tob'as a1s.
nnftf. &ht Du.4c puhliAttr.l esrae1 Jcprer xcd
Ame. seu hestaovou TO reqce5'. IN the senl3e.t
n4rcsr poetibIe, taAt he wonla fo.ttfy hitassE bY
AE1E the E1efkMfnt
Tint Beethoven addrsfted to ne (vho wis
nes pstfeut when tie LAST Sacrament vas I'd.
EiElshsecl. IN :hc forenoon OF The sitr ct
Aa.eh. 1sz;. the words: 'f71udlfe, cnnIcl, COM
oda5 4ntu ar ~ ptece Of tuse tnvtu-
uon- 1t II c.ra'n, Eoeorrs, thai Rse,savcn
nsTe, r1ase Hse 70 any ore sies Of these words,
aasen Are 50 much u variance With h.s honest
Epraht ehasscssr. But. on tte d1T Of her hlo.
theIit .lv'r t.tts, Aae. voa BeethnAcn inforraed
nc tsat amer hsTEc received tie ls.t s,czazo.rt,
r stestatvtn aaia to tic clergyman: Hoiy IL,
max Jon 1cu kave brought nc roms6st'
MstF. os The way. rae.tIoc IN praise Of Hes.
voe4rn T1n Beethoven, md CT his ~in a. wei
= o. Frosessor se1tId o.. that toWxrds ma they
Wese vtsT ftiectly Art nbl!e,ng.
:" IN Tie fop<, my honored trerd, of seefnr Yor
once norr, and enarae.pk Jo1 IN Qz4sa preTio3a-
Y 70 yonr te:asa to Anav q, I rernaln, With the
highest eatetE- Joux f71thsnl sea unst deTotcd
67end. Assn \ HuErrxN nRf1wTw
nnALlx9tEHL4tt. GHArx. A0auAt 3ath. 1SG1.
~foate1!pt.-I ifust. respected htea 1,5uu NH
Sc sasnned wtth wsxs tell {or-and yon only
eoaeesh:ne beethoFrn ta this lrtte-. These sre,
ote1ion villa tnaXic !"