Joyce Maier replies to Kevin Sutton:

>>To wit: The author contends that Beethoven, impoverished and on his
>>flea-ridden deathbed gladly accepted a gift of 100 pounds from the Royal
>>Philharmonic Society in London.
>
>Yes, that's correct, but don't believe the word "improverished."  ...
>
>Beethoven's financial circumstances during his last decade were not
>really bad, but also not really good.

Didn't he leave a fairly healthy estate? Not large beyond the dreams of
avarice, but not a piddling amount either.

Steve Schwartz