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Märchen, noch so wunderbar, Dichterk ünste  machen  wahr. [Fables, so full of wonders / Made true by the poet's art.] –Goethe, Motto from  Balladen May 1810 – Spring in Vienna She had heard one of his sonatas which had overwhelmed her. She longs to meet the composer. Everybody tries to dissuade her. They say he is unapproachable; no one even knows where he lives. More than ever determined, she takes the risk. She finds the house; she enters. He is seated at  the  piano and does not see her. In 1810 Beethoven was forty. His increasing deafness notwithstanding, he had just composed the "Appasionata" and "Farewell" Sonatas, the "Harp" Quartet, and the "Emperor" Concerto. He was currently writing the overture and incidental music to Goethe's drama, Egmont . He was eager to meet and talk with Goethe face to face, but that was not to happen until the storie