New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-23
DAYS
OF BEETHOVEN

hope TO hear from you soon and eN-
plicitly what am TO do. and you may
rest perfectly assured OF my prompt
ness and exactitude.'
MONEY GOES TO THE NEPHEW.
Moscheles "by return Of post IS ne
assures Mr. Watts. asked Rau 10 Send
the flO0 back to the Philharmonic so
ciety, according to the CONDITION IN
der which the money was sent q CORE
spondence ensued between Moscheles
and the guardian Of the nephew VINO
had been appointed after the death OF
Stephan Won Breuning. that WoI'hg
man having followed MS friend INTO
death or June 4, 1927. The new guar
dian was HotschevaT, who, as a tamlIy
connection Of KarPs mother, had taken
an active part in the quarrels over the
possession of the boy years beiore.
The correspondence ended in Mosche-
les, as he himself says, laying before
the Philharmonic Society the case OF
Young Beethoven (then under age) ana
soliciting the directors mot to reclaim
the 600, but in honor Of the great de-
ceased to allow the small patrlmony 70
remain untouched" Meanwhile, II ap-
pears. from a letter from SCHNEIDER 10
Smart. dated March 81, that SCHNEIDER
and Breuning applied a portion or the
sum to the payment OF the funeral eN-
penses: Otherwise says the letter.
I'VE could not have had him decently
buried without selling one OF the seven
bank shares, which constitute his en-,
tire estate" The sum thus expended
was $50 forms in convention coin.
VISITORS TO THE BEDSIDE.
There are evidences outside Of the
;r,nortupate letters 10 London that
Beethoven had frequent spells OF mel
ancholy during the period between me
crises Of his disease, which culmi-
mated in the third operation on rep
ruary . mot January ., as ScnlnoIer
has IT'D and the 18th. Some Of them
we're. no doubt due TO torebodlngs
touching the outcome Of his Illness;
some to the anxiety which his imam
cial condition gave him-more rmagi-
rarv than real i'm view Of his posses
sion Of the easily convertible hanE
shares: some. presumably, 20 dlsap-
monument and chagrin at the conduct
Of his nephew, who had not answered
his letter to Ielau. Breuning eX-
plained that the negligence might be
cue 10 NAN . Nit4lN anu HNtstt-'Nt'
encrossed BY the carnival Gayeles. at
the military post and warned Bectho-
ven that 10 give way to melancholy
was to stand in the way Of recovery.
We learn this from the Conversation
Books. which also give glmoses o.
friendly visits calculated TO divert the
sick mans mind and keep him in touch
with the affairs Of the city. the The
atre and the world at large. DolezaleS'
Schuppanzigh and, apparently, LlnEe'
also came in group; Beethoven
showed them the Handel scores, ana
the conversation ran out into p DIS
cussion of international politics:
Noritz Lichnowsky made a cal and
entertained him with gossip Of the
theatres. Gleichenstein made several
visits and once brought with HIM ms
wife and son. The countess was SIS
ter Of Theresc Ualfatti, 20 whom Bee
thoven had once made on Offer OF mar
rage. and was disappointed that Bee
thoven did not recognize her. About
the middle of February Dlabel.i gave
Beethoven a print-picture OF Haydn $
birthplace which he had published.
Beethoven showed il to his little friend
Gerhard Won Breuning and said:
look. got this to-day. See this lit
tie house, and in it 50 great man was
born"