Haydn said this about Beethoven according to Emil Ludwig's biography:
In your works we will always find something uncommon, beautiful things, but also something singular and dark, because you are somber ans singular. In my works something joyous can be frequently found, because I'm like that. Mi natural happiness cannot be destroyed by anything, not even by my wife."
The description seems to be correct, but the ending joke about Haydn's wife, was really transmitted to Beethoven?
In your works we will always find something uncommon, beautiful things, but also something singular and dark, because you are somber ans singular. In my works something joyous can be frequently found, because I'm like that. Mi natural happiness cannot be destroyed by anything, not even by my wife."
The description seems to be correct, but the ending joke about Haydn's wife, was really transmitted to Beethoven?
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