To: Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovecz
Vienna, February, 1809

       Here is S[chuppanzigh]’s reply – I am sorry about Kraft – I suggest that the Baroness Ertmann might play with him the cello sonata in A [Opus 69] which in any case has not yet been well performed before a large audience – Besides in order to check the wicked rumours spread by my friends, the trio [Anderson footnote: “Probably one of the two pianoforte trios, Op. 70”] is going to be played even your before Kraft’s concert.

                                            Wholly your
                                                              Beethoven