final resting-place, and thus emphasized the trait in his character which lay at the foundation of his greatest achievement in art: "Never lived a musician more German than thou! No matter where thy genius bore thee, in what far-away unfathomable realm of fancy, always did it remain fastened with a thousand sensitive fibres to the heart of the German people, with which it smiled and wept like an undoubting child listening to the fairy tales of its native land. This ingenuousness it was which led thy manhood's mind like a guardian angel and preserved it chaste; and in this chastity lay thy individuality: preserving this glorious virtue unsullied thou wast lifted above the need of artificial invention. It was enough for thee to feel, for when thou hadst felt then hadst thou already discovered the things which have been from the beginning. And this lofty virtue didst thou preserve even into thy death. Thou couldst not sacrifice it, nor divest thyself of this lovely heritage of thy German lineage; thou couldst not betray us!--Behold, now the Briton does thee justice, the Frenchman admires thee, but only the German can _love_ thee! Thou art his, a lovely day out of his life, a warm drop of his blood, a fragment of his heart--who will blame us for wishing that thy ashes might become a portion of his earth, his precious German earth?" * * * * * [Illustration: Fac-simile letter from Weber replying to inquiry concerning his "Jubel Overture" and pianoforte Concerto. Also recommending Naumann's "Pater Noster" as a beautiful work.]