Aaron Rabushka:

>And speaking of morbid misconstructions, don't forget that the "Muss es
>sein?/Es Muss Sein!" conversation was an argument about money (speaking
>of obsessions) between Beethoven and a publisher.  It is not a resignation
>before the inevitibility of death.

And this theme is said to have a similarity with the opening theme of Cesar
Franck's Symphony (with "Les Preludes" of Liszt as well)

Baris Kilicbay,
Ankara, Turkey
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