Connoisseurs and non-connoisseurs must candidly admit, from these present pieces, that Beethoven will in time fill the position of one of Europe’s greatest composers, and I shall be proud to be able to speak of myself as his teacher I only wish that he might remain with me a little longer…ĭespite this eloquent plea, the answer was not positive: The Elector pointed out that, of that list of pieces, all except the Fugue had been written before Beethoven left for Vienna and that perhaps it was time for him to come back to Bonn. I flatter myself that these pieces, which I may recommend as evidence of his assiduity over and above his actual studies, may be graciously accepted by Your Serene Electoral Highness. Your Serene Electoral Highness, I humbly take the liberty of sending Your Serene Electoral Highness some musical works, viz., a Quintet, an eight-part Parthie, an Oboe Concerto, Variations for the fortepiano, and a Fugue, compositions of my dear pupil Beethoven, with whose care I have been graciously entrusted.

Carl Traugott Riedel: Portrait of Beethoven as a young man, c.

Beethoven rondino in e flat