New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08

~ or -i5 was startled by the an
sise' +rst another letter obviously
'oln tc the series addressed 10 the
sons'" =, lives anonymously as the I'M
soiN' r.I,,e5' had been discovered ana
ao''e .,c-.ined proof lacking In the hrst
ia'' III. -os-sc~ipts Tor three letters, as
~" t,,.ss 90 look upon them), that the
a' ..o~,e5 date was the year 1901 and the
o. ,..-,,sso5 lady the Countess Guicci-
a - course. as every student Of the case,
80 s.,,sti,e'v presented in The Tribune
So Knows. So far as the original can
80. Cor the honor Of having inspired the
-. rtterances Of the greatest tone
b,+ the world has known. that IS,
p" c-rr,sss Julia Guicciardi, afterward
-..ss Cauenberg, IS concerned the
Scr IS a sine qua non. SCHNEIDER who
'A ..rtioDed the lady, said IN one edi-
~ u his biography that the date was
p. - changed IL to 1893 when he discov-
- +ba+ ir 1876 his candidate had already
.,~se wears married 90 another man.
-. Tbaver.s Investigations all Of the
,-s..,.~srs champions have fallen back on
a wear FIN which the 9th Of July fell
Monday. and there was naturally a
curiosity among Beethoven students
. sas che rev evidence.
ms new evidence was presented by Die
,,..-s published by Schuster q Loef-
- 81 Berlin. In the August number OF
81 magazine there appeared an essay
- fac-simile Illustrations. entitled Bee
rsr AN die UusterbNche Gelebte. elm
..akarrter Brief DIES Meisters," written
paul Becker The evidence as 10 the
y. consisted .u a musical quotation from
,ompos-.ou written in 1901 in connection
- che remark. "A theme. which is not
la occurs t0 me. Ii begins thus then
~. follow five measures Of music. con-
..,-rr of the second theme iu the final
-sr.msr- of Beethoven. String Quintet
m % Tile autograph manuscript or TINS
,..rtet. which IS owned by the Mendelssohn
',rgv .r Berlin. bears Beethoyen's sigma
.--. and ... date .H>-" over the melody
G.sthovsr had written the words; Itch
sst4 d.oa .8u gautzem Hertzen, tch heoe
.-rr ..rr ALIEN. Ja" CI love you with
IN rv heart. love YOU only. Aye.
Tho publication Of the letter awakened
n old controversy. which has never died
In 0u-v s.umtered for greater or shorter
.-s-rs,s ever since it was started by
r. Tta,sr. more tnan a generation ago.
-s writer's Of brochures which urge the
us.ns of others than Guicciardi We're
-1nrtlr heard from-nearly all but Ia
ps-s. who. as will appear presently was
ii. b.sIv engaged in other occupations
.1ir t. enter the lists which she had
ez-celr quilted after publishing the me-
-rrs II Countess Therese Brunswick
r-os. claims have been greatly strength
-s5 of late. Naturally. the English edl-
of Tasver's biography (the writer Of
us --iclei had 10 take coguizance Of the
er phase which the letter had introduced
mo- the controversy. But first he sought
-t9rrauon touching the origin and au-
.s,+.rftr of the letter. To this end he
rrte f9 OBJ. editor Of Ole Musk and
.,sss whether or not the letter had ever
zen critically examined by expert CHI
4zrsrrtsts. where and when il had been
a.sotar.G. what had been learned OF its
so-r etc.. all these things being neces-
z-v as . condition precedent 10 its con-
Hguu.n as evidence in the case. A
s-r,e3as note from the publishers OF the
Magazine babe him look for the desired IN
arnatior iu the forthcoming plumber or
DIE Musk" That number is now az
and j. contains an article by Max
rrEer. seeking 20 disprove the theory that
no letter must have been written in 1901
rri fixing r- date as DR. Riemann ana
D. Thomas sar-Gau had previously done)
"a a.-tne date. let 10 be said. TO which
gfr cal
'rsgnar EQUATION OF the immortal Be
oyed" he eft out Of the question. A foot
19,e answers the writer's queries only IN
sr and very Enthusiastically. 10 reads
e follow
Notice ae the Eduor. The desire Of the
'-5.lshef. az our periodical 70 discover
tIoGgh rH-s-.gatiODs on the SPOT n.y.
ts.aile1 Information concerning the Garner
-siory o- the new beethoven itLteL to11
shed On -r. FIRST August number OF l5-L
s-i the possible existence or Otner leLleIS
1rnscfed with j. led the pubAsneIs ~!
uW 90 Withhold the place OF discovery "a
e letter from pNhNellE lIs.sii- 49, f, -as
Ws.. as the personally conducted lhNesC-
E,0Hs NJ rra publisher have Yielded noun
~ D9sIt.r. na hereby inform the p4Dlt1
had The letter came from the autograph
0lecuor 40 Ferru adam Meyer VIENNA
VIII JO-eul-tl dterstrasse So BESIDES tHe
uft9r b. III. article. Herr Paul Becker
V.ss u....- IT, r-onferuanu. director
4 t5a Fr--.. .--srv f7 Berlin: DR. Alfred
us-- rf r.-l.- and Leo IiepmanssOhn.
5.f- r..- t.4 tga manuscript submitted
p them and an If the gentlemen have
.-s-.---....... ...re-.a ~ 10 be Individually
800 l-,,b+s touching the
sr.t.r..,... e.. Te+t.r have been ut
t-s5 ~ 1890. -eee~ve the privilege
q -s-,,-... ~. .-s. --a--er
5000
not VH-. tle gorulueless OF the lel,ei
s as evidence De coil ,l',..- ~, che
rsrf -r .... .......... 1000. I.. .-st.ar, huf for
her s.,-.- g r'f. '-l, it viii first be