Note 2 — THIRD PART LIFE'S TROUBLES AND CLOSE. 1823 TO 1827.
Grace Wallace translation
[Footnote 2: It appears that Kapellmeister Schwencke in Hamburg, in many complimentary and flowery phrases, had requested Beethoven to send him his autograph. Perhaps Beethoven, to whom the sound of certain names appeared comical, alludes here to this Hamburg Kapellmeister Schwencke.]