[59] 300 florins.
[60] Which he had adapted to “Die Weihe des Hauses.”
[61] “Wo sich die Pulse,” which Beethoven inscribed as having been written “Towards the end of September.”
[62] Nohl, II, 50.
[63] Archduke Rudolph wrote variations on one of the melodies from the opera, which Beethoven corrected.
[64] In an article in the “Neue Freie Presse” of July 21, 1867, reprinted in “Aus dem Concertsaal,” page 594.
[65] “Aus dem Tonleben, etc.,” II, 49.
[66] Published as Op. 114, and designated as “new” by Beethoven, though not a measure had been added, but only a few lines of text, and the choral music simplified. Steiner published pianoforte arrangements for two and four hands in 1822, and the score in 1824.
[67] This anecdote was told to Thayer on October 28, 1859 by an old actor named Hopp who was present on the occasion.
[68] In a Conversation Book of 1820 we read this remark by Beethoven: “What I think of confession may be deduced from the fact that I myself led Karl to the Abbot of St. Michael for confession. But the abbot declared that as long as he had to visit his mother, confession would be of no avail.”