n a High Mass of mine is performed in honor of the solemnities
for Y.R.H. will be the most delightful of my life, and God will enlighten
me so that my poor abilities may contribute to the splendors of that solemn
occasion. I send you the Sonata with heartfelt gratitude; I think the
violoncello part is wanting,--at least I could not lay my hand on it at the
moment. As the work is beautifully engraved, I have taken the liberty to
add a published copy, and also a violin quintet. In addition to the two
pieces written in my hand on Y.R.H.'s name-day, there are two more; the
last a grand _Fugato_, so that it forms one great sonata,[1] which is now
shortly to appear, and has been long _in my heart_ dedicated to Y.R.H. _The
recent occurrence connected with Y.R.H.[2] is not in the slightest degree
the cause of this._ I beg you will forgive my bad writing. I implore the
Lord to bestow His richest blessings on Y.R.H., whose love of humanity is
so comprehensive,--one of the choicest of all qualities; and in this
respect Y.R.H. will always, either in a _worldly_ or _spiritual_ point of
view, be one of our brightest examples.

[K.]

[Footnote 1: The Grand Sonata with two movements, and two additional ones,
of which the last is a grand fugued one, can scarcely be any other than the
pianoforte Sonata (Op. 106) composed in 1818, dedicated to the Archduke
Rudolph, and published in September, 1819.]

[Footnote 2: The "recent occurrence" to which Beethoven alludes is no doubt
his being appointed Archbishop.]

276.

TO HERR BLOeCHLINGER.

Moedling, Sept. 14, 1819.

85 florins enclosed.

DEAR SIR,--

I have the honor to send you payment for the ensuing month, which begins on
the 22d Sept., and I add 10 florins in order to provide for any unforeseen
expenses, which you will please account for to me on the 12th October. The
following persons alone are to have free access to my nephew: Herr von
Bernard, Herr von Oliva, Herr von Piuss.

If any persons, exclusive of those I have named, wish to see my nephew, I
will give them a letter to you, when you will be so obliging as to admit
them; for the distance to your house is considerable, and those who go
there can only do so to oblige me, as, for example, the bandage-maker, &c.,
&c.

My nephew must never leave your house without a written permission from me.
From this you will at once plainly perceive your line of conduct towards
Carl's mother. I must impress on you the necessity of