Norma Jean - The Entire World Is Counting On Me, And They Dont Even Know It

Unfortunately, little is known about Beethoven’s stay in Dresden and even less about what he did in Leipzig, a city that was famous not only for the names of the great musicians who worked here, but also for the annual spring fairs. As far as it is known, he did not give public concerts there, otherwise some mention would have been preserved in the correspondence and memoirs of his contemporaries. Perhaps he played in private homes. And it can hardly be doubted that Beethoven visited both churches where Johann Sebastian Bach served, Tomaskirche and Nikolauskirche, located about ten minutes walk from it. The Bach position of the city music director and cantor of the St. Thomas school was held until 1789 by Johann Friedrich Doles, a student of Bach (Doles was 81 years old in 1796, and died the next year). His successor was Johann Adam Hiller, a good composer,but the man is also middle-aged - he was 64 years old, and he suited Beethoven to musical "grandfathers" (Hiller was Neefe's pupil). Whether Beethoven met him is unknown.