123.
TO COUNT MORITZ LICHNOWSKY.[1]
MY DEAR COUNT,--
If you wish to attend our council [about the alterations in "Fidelio">[, I beg to inform you that it assembles this afternoon at half-past three o'clock, in the Spielmann Haus, auf dem Graben, No. 188, 4th Etage, at Herr Weinmüller's. I shall be very glad if you have leisure to be present.
[Footnote 1: The mention of Weinmüller decides the date of this note, as it was in the spring of 1814 that he, together with the singers Saal and Vogl, brought about the revival of Fidelio.]
124.
TO COUNT MORITZ LICHNOWSKY.[1]
My dear, victorious, and yet sometimes nonplussed (?) Count! I hope that you rested well, most precious and charming of all Counts! Oh! most beloved and unparalleled Count! most fascinating and prodigious Count!
(To be repeated at pleasure.)
At what hour shall we call on Walter to-day? My going or not depends entirely on you. Your
BEETHOVEN.