:17:01
I had heard that his music
aroused such passion as to be dangerous.
:17:06
Some thought it obscene
and unsuitable for the young.
:17:35
I wrote to my cousins,
Theresa and Josephine.
:17:39
They lived in Vienna,
the great music capital of the world.
:17:45
Surely they would know more.
Indeed they did.
:17:50
They knew him intimately.
:17:52
More intimately than
they admitted at the time.
:18:42
Most nights I dreamt of him.
:18:45
And then,
Father was posted to Vienna.
:18:50
We were invited to Prince Lichnowsky's
palace for a musical evening.
:18:55
Beethoven was going to be there.