alles Gute, alles Schöne!
alles alles Gute, alles Schöne!
alles Gute, alles Schöne!
alles Gute, alles Schöne!]

From your obedient servant,

L. V. BEETHOVEN.

Jan. 12, 1820.


289.

TESTIMONIAL IN FAVOR OF HERR V. KANDELER.

It is certainly the duty of every musical composer to become acquainted
with all the earlier as well as more modern poets, in order to select what
is most suitable to his purpose for songs. Such, however, not being
invariably the case, this present collection of Herr v. Kandeler's cannot
fail to be useful and commendable to many who wish to write songs, and also
tend to induce more able poets to contribute something in the same
direction.

LUDWIG V. BEETHOVEN.--M.P.

I entirely agree with Herr v. Beethoven.

JOS. WEIGEL.