BERLIN (Reuters) - a rare handwritten letter by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven complain about the disease and a lack of money was mounted in a German Institute of the North in a legacy, causing excitement among fans of the musical genius.
The Institute of Brahms in the city of the North of Lubeck, said the six page letter signed by the composer and original seal was, in essence, an attempt to sell his mass "Missa solemnis" well known that he completed in 1823.
In the letter, Beethoven asked harpist and composer Franz Anton Stockhausen to help find buyers in advance for the mass.
But most striking are more details about his personal situation, such as its financial concerns, a disorder of the eye and try to locate a dentist in love music who wrote to him, said Stefan Weymar, researcher at the Music Institute.
"Fortune my low salary and efforts of the request of my disease do better, Beethoven said in the letter, which turned yellow with age and must be stored in special conditions treated with gloves."
Beethoven, 53 at the time, said that the education of his nephew was expensive and that the boy would need support after his death.
Black writing, which descends to the right, looks messy and is marked by corrections and passages to get out.
"Beethoven was not a composer with beautiful handwriting." It is spontaneous and he wrote something, then their crossed, his thoughts has changed, he went in and printing the letter gives, "Weymar stated to Reuters."
In the end, he wrote "all letters requires me nothing more than"to l. v. Beethoven in Vienna,"where I get all.".
The missive ended in the hands of music teacher Renate Wirth, a descendant of the recipient.
"The legacy is extraordinary historical value - a piece of luck for the Institute of Brahms." The value of the letter of Beethoven is estimated at more than 100,000 euros ($127 400), said Wolfgang Sandberger head Institute.
Born in the Western German city of Bonn in 1770, Beethoven moved to Vienna as a young musician and has become one of the most famous composers of all time, straddling the classical and Romantic eras. His deafness life makes it all the more surprising musical achievements.
Beethoven died in 1827, four years after the letter was written and is buried in Vienna.
His Sonata clear Moon for the opening of four-note piano and drama to his Fifth Symphony are among the most famous pieces of classical music ever written. His Ode to joy, the part of the Ninth Symphony, was adopted as the anthem of Europe of the Union.
Michael Ladenburger, Director of the Museum House of Beethoven in Bonn, "the appeal of a handwritten letter from Beethoven is certainly very high", told Reuters.
That appeal is reflected in the auction - a list with only six words on it was sold at auction for € 60 000 last year.
"Letters are rare and the length of, with the insight in his personal life, it gives the make very interesting indeed, said Ladenburger."
The Institute of Brahms will put the letter on the show next week.
(Reporting by Madeline Chambers, editing by Paul Casciato)
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