KMFDM - Conillon

“In order to please the French officers, the prince promised them that after dinner they would hear Beethoven play. When everyone sat down at the table, one of them asked Beethoven if he also plays the violin. Weiser saw the maestro grow gloomy, not dignifying the person asking the answer. Since Wiser needed to return to the city on business, he learned everything else from Beethoven himself. When it came time for him to speak, they could not find him anywhere, but still found him. He told the prince that he resolutely refused to play. A disgusting, almost base scene was played out. Beethoven immediately ordered him to pack his things and, despite the terrible rainfall, hastened on foot to Troppau, where Weiser sheltered him. Sonata manuscript in F minor op. 57, The Appassions, which he carried under his arm, also suffered from rain.