When visiting the Fischer Family one day Johann proclaimed, "My son Ludwig is my only comfort now in life. ... I foresee that in time he will be a great man in the world" (Orga 29). ... Although Beethoven supposedly fell in love many times, he never was married (Marek 223). ... "I will grapple with Fate; it shall not overcome me!" ... Also, out of respect the choir sang the Miserere in an arrangement from one of his Equali for trombones. ...

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