me a little, do you not? Be as well assured of this (of my love), as of the friendship of your BEETHOVEN. VI. To CAPELLMEISTER HOFMEISTER in Leipzig. _Vienna_, 15_th_ (or something like it), _January_, 1801. With great pleasure, my dearly beloved brother and friend, have I read your letter. I thank you right heartily for the good opinion you have expressed concerning me and my works, and hope I may prove myself really worthy of it. Please also convey my dutiful thanks to Herr K. for his courtesy and friendly feelings towards me. Your undertakings likewise make me glad, and I hope, if works of art can procure gain, that it will fall to the lot of genuine true artists, rather than to mere shopkeepers. That you wish to publish the works of _Sebastian_ Bach rejoices my heart, which beats in unison with the high art of this forefather of harmony, and I desire soon to see the scheme in full swing. I hope that here, so soon as golden peace has been proclaimed, I shall be able to be of great assistance in the matter, when you issue a subscription list. As regards our special business, since you wish it, I hope this may be to your liking: I now offer you the following: _Septet_ (concerning which I have already written to you; by _arranging_ it for pianoforte, it would become better known and be more profitable) 20 ducats, _Symphony_ 20 ducats, _Concerto_ 10 ducats, _Solo Sonata_ (_Allegro_, _Adagio_, _Minuetto_, _Rondo_) 20 ducats. This _Sonata_ is A1, dearest brother! Now for a word of explanation; you will perhaps be surprised that I here make no difference between _Sonata_, _Septet_, _Symphony_, because I find that there is not such a demand for a Septet or a _Symphony_ as for a Sonata; that is why I do so, although a _Symphony_ is undoubtedly of greater value (N.B.--the Septet consists of a short introductory _Adagio_, then _Allegro_, _Adagio_, _Minuetto_, _Andante_ with _Variations_, _Minuetto_, another short introductory _Adagio_, and then _Presto_). The _Concerto_ I only value at 10 ducats, because, as I have already written, I do not give it out as one of my best. All things considered, I do not think you will find this excessive; anyhow I have tried to name prices for you as moderate as I possibly could. Concerning the money order, since you leave me the choice, you could make it payable at Geimüller's or Schüller's. The full amount would therefore be 70 ducats for all four works. I do not understand any other money than Viennese ducats; how many thalers and gulden that makes, is no affair of mine, for I am a bad _business_ man and reckoner.