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interest to the reader of his life. The following selection may be taken
as representing the composer in his more personal and social relations.
It is drawn from the correspondence with Frau von Genzinger, which was
discovered by Theodor Georg von Karajan, in Vienna, and published first
in the Jahrbuch fur Vaterlandische Geschichte, and afterwards in his J.
Haydn in London, 1791 and 1792 (1861). The translation here used, by the
courtesy of Messrs Longman, is that of Lady Wallace.

The name of Frau von Genzinger has been mentioned more than once in the
biography. Her husband was the Esterhazy physician. In that capacity
he paid frequent visits to Eisenstadt and Esterhaz (which Haydn spells
Estoras) and so became intimate with the Capellmeister. He was fond of
music, and during the long winter evenings in Vienna was in the habit
of assembling the best artists in his house at Schottenhof, where on
Sundays Mozart, Haydn, Dittersdorf, Albrechtsberger, and others were
often to be found. His wife, Marianne--nee von Kayser--was a good
singer, and was sought after by all the musical circles in Vienna. She
was naturally attracted to Haydn, and although she was nearly forty
years of age when the correspondence opened in 1789, "a personal
connection was gradually developed in the course of their musical
intercourse that eventually touched their hearts and gave rise to a
bright bond of friendship between the lady and the old, though still
youthful, maestro." Some brief extracts from the letters now to be given
have of necessity been worked into the biography. The correspondence
originated in the following note from Frau von Genzinger:

January 1789.

DEAR M. HAYDN,

With your kind permission I take the liberty to send a pianoforte
arrangement of the beautiful adagio in your admirable composition. I
arranged it from the score quite alone, and without the least help from
my master. I beg that, if you should discover any errors, you will be so
good as to correct them. I do hope that you are in perfect health, and
nothing do I wish more than to see you soon again in Vienna, in order to
prove further my high esteem.

Your obedient servant,

MARIA ANNA V. GENZINGER.

To this Haydn replies as follows:

ESTORAS, Janr. 14, 1789.

DEAR MADAM,

In all my previous correspondence, nothing was ever so agreeable to me
as the surprise of seeing your charming writing, and reading so many
kind expressions; but still more