no offense intended. on the beethoven thing...hmmm...sure...bah humbug. :)wonder if deaf ol' ludwig was counting the cash in his head from the t-shirt and book sales happening out in the lobby.
** don't care either way about the who and their money - -beethoven's letters are an interesting read as many of them are to his publishers and go on and on about money; so much so that i soon became bored. reality intrudes on even the most sublime of artists . . . unless you have a trust fund!stig