[74] The same pun with the word stechen that has been remarked before.
[75] This alludes either to the "Italian and German Songs" (four numbers) published by me, or the "Italian and German Ariettes," Op. 82.
[76] This probably means the Missa Solemnis (Op. 123), afterwards published by the brothers Schott; for that brought out by Breitkopf and Härtel (Op. 86) had appeared long before the date of this letter.
[77] The compositions mentioned above by Beethoven have, as far as we know, never appeared in print, and were probably disposed of at the sale of his effects.
[78] The river which waters Berlin.
[79] Göthe's poem "Johanna Sebus."
[80] Clemens Brentano, the poet, Bettine's brother.
[81] See Göthe's Correspondence with a Child.
[82] From the Harmonicon, January, 1824.
[83] A neat little walled town of Austria, famous for its hot baths, seated on the river Schwocha. This must not be confounded with the more celebrated town of the same name in Switzerland.