Academy (the concert)
will not take place.
BEETHOVEN.
TO M. SCHINDLER,--
Do not come near me again until I send for you. No Academy.
BEETHOVEN.
TO M. SCHUPPANZICH,--
Do not visit me again. No concert.
BEETHOVEN.
From the above it will readily be seen, as Schindler plaintively
asserts, that the office of friend to Beethoven was no sinecure. But he
appreciated the advantage of living in the reflected glory of the great
master, and such tact as he possessed was brought to bear, to continue
the relations of friend, counsellor and general factotum, which were
maintained to the end. Beethoven at times spoke slightingly in his
letters of his humble follower, but there is no doubt that Schindler was
of great service to him, and that this was appreciated by the master is
equally true. Schindler did not deliver the letters just quoted, and the
affair did not sever the relations of the parties concerned.
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