Grave Digger - Rebelion (The Clans Are Marching)

Already in 1825, the composer's relations with his patron were marred. Their cash calculations are completely confused. Beethoven wrote quartets too long and constantly delayed their sending to Petersburg, sending Golitsyn instead other compositions. Perhaps by the end of 1825 it was already difficult to understand how much money and for what exactly Golitsyn paid Beethoven through bankers in St. Petersburg and Vienna. Beethoven, who ordered the nephew Karl, who knew French well (Golitsyn did not read German), to draw up the final versions of his letters, advised him on July 15, 1825: “Just do not fool before Miserablitsyn. He is a weak cartridge.