Part 20 (1/2)

I believe you receivedyour cruel reproach that Haydn was capable of forgetting his friend and benefactress Oh! how often do I long to be beside you at the piano, even for a quarter of an hour, and then to have so in this world May God only vouchsafe to grant me the health that I have hitherto enjoyed, and ratitude to the Alhtful of all news May Providence long watch over you! I hope to see you in the course of six ht! it is ti ood friend ofyou this letter himself, and you can with i you will take a receipt both fros, Herr v Kees writes to me that he should like to know my position in London, as there are so many different reports about me in Vienna From my youth upwards I have been exposed to envy, so it does not surprise me when any attehty above is my support My rote to me that Mozart depreciates ive him There is no doubt that I find many who are envious of me in London also, and I know them almost all Most of them are Italians

But they can do me no harm, for my credit with this nation has been firmly established far too many years Rest assured that, if I had not one back to Vienna

I am beloved and esteemed by everyone, except, indeed, professors [of music] As for my remuneration, Mozart can apply to Count Fries for inforuilders in those of ether nearly 6000 florins I daily thank ood hope that I , reat outlay and the cost of the journey I will now no longer intrude on your ti? My compliments to hier

LONDON, Nov 17, 1791

I write in the greatest haste, to request that you will send the acco packet, addressed to you, to Herr v Kees, as it contains the t syood opportunity, but could hear of none; I have therefore been obliged to send the you will ask Herr v Kees to have a rehearsal of both these symphonies, as they are very delicate, particularly the last iven as pianissimo as possible, and the teain in a few days Nota bene, I was obliged to enclose both the sy the address of Herr v Kees

I am, etc

HAYDN

PS--I only returned here to-day fro with a ht, a hundred er

LONDON, Dec 20, 1791

I aetput theiven every direction about the enclosed the letter in the packet This is what often happens, dear lady, with those who have too much head work I trust, however, that the letter reached you soon afterwards, but in case it did not, I must here explain that both symphonies were intended for Herr v Kees, but with the stipulation that, after being copied by his order, the scores were to be given up to you, so that you ement of them, if you are so disposed The particular symphony intended for you will be finished by the end of February at latest I regret ed to forward the heavy packet to you, fro Herr v

Kees's address; but he will, of course, repay you the cost of postage, and also, I hope, hand you over seven ducats May I, therefore, ask you to e on small paper my often-applied-for symphony in E minor, and forward it to me by post as soon as possible, for it may perhaps be six months before a courier is despatched froent need of the sy you to buy at Artaria's my last pianoforte sonata in A flat, that is, with 4 B flat minor, with violin and violoncello, and also another piece, the fantasia in C, without accompaniment, for these pieces are not yet published in London; but be so good as not to ht anticipate the sale in England I beg you will deduct the price from the seven ducats To return to the aforesaid syement of the andante in C minor by Herr Diettenhofer It is reported here, however, that he either died on the journey, or met with some serious accident You had better look over both pieces at your leisure The principal part of the letter I entrusted to Herr Diettenhofer was the description of a Doctor's degree being conferred on me at Oxford, and all the honours I then received I o the Prince of Wales invited me to his brother's country seat The Prince presentedof Prussia), who received s She is the ence, plays the piano, and sings very pleasingly I stayed two days there, because on the first day a slight indisposition prevented her having any music; on the second day, however, she rean, till two hours after ht No compositions played but Haydn's I directed the symphonies at the piano

The sweet little lady sat close beside me atheard them so repeatedly in Berlin

The Prince of Wales sat on ht hand, and accompaniedtoo The Prince of Wales is havingup in his private sitting-room The Prince of Wales is the handsomest man on God's earth; he has an extraordinary love of , but very little ratifies me far more than any self-interest; on the third day, as I could not get any post-horses, the Duke of York sent es with his own

Now, dear lady, I should like to reproach you a little for believing that I prefer London to Vienna, and find reeable than inLondon, but I could not reconcile myself to spend my life there; no, not even to amass millions; my reasons I will tell you eonce ht of a child; only I deeply lareat Mozart will not be of the number, if it be true, which I trust it is not, that he is dead Posterity will not see such talent as his for the next hundred years! I am happy to hear that you and yours are all so well I, too, have hitherto been in excellent health, till eight days since, when I was attacked by English rheu out aloud; but I hope soon to get quit of it, as I have adopted the usual custom here, and have wrapped myself up fro In the hope of soon being gratified by a letter, and with all esteeards to your husband, my dear Fraulein Pepi, and the others

I aive my respects to Herr v Kreybi+ch [chaer

LONDON, Jan 17, 1792

DEAREST AND KINDEST LADY,

I iveness a thousand times; and I own and bemoan that I have been too dilatory in the performance of my promise, but if you could only see how I areat loss of time, and the mass of hich I am burdened, you would indeed, dear lady, feel the utmost compassion forthe last, which has indeed utterly exhausted ood to be able to take a little rest when I return ho for Salomon's concerts, and feel bound to take all possible trouble, for our rivals of the Professional Society have sent for , to direct their concerts So a bloody harmonious ill now coun to discuss the subject, but I think an alliance will soon ensue,so firmly established Pleyel, on his arrival, displayed so oodwill afresh We are very often together, which is much to his credit, and he kno to appreciate his ”father”; ill share our laurels fairly, and each go horeatentirely burned down, a theatre only built last year It was the work of an incendiary, and the da; so there is not a single Italian theatre in London at this elic lady, I have a little fault to find with you How often have I reiterated my request to have my symphony in E minor, of which I sent you the the have I sighed for it, and if I do not get it by the end of next uineas Herr v Kees writes that the copy may possibly arrive in London three months hence, or three years, for there is no chance of a courier being sent off at present I also told Herr v