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Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2

Note 1 — THIRD PART LIFE'S TROUBLES AND CLOSE. 1823 TO 1827.

Grace Wallace translation

[Footnote 1: Schindler says in his Biography: "These Variations [Op. 120] were completed in June, 1823, and delivered to the publisher, Diabelli, without the usual amount of time bestowed on giving them the finishing touches; and now he set to work at once at the ninth Symphony, some jottings of which were already written down. Forthwith all the gay humor that had made him more sociable, and in every respect more accessible, at once disappeared. All visits were declined," &c.]

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