[On “Front” Cover]

BEETHOVEN [presumably in his apartment in Mödling; writing later]: August, September. [//]

[Inside “Front” Cover]

BEETHOVEN [presumably Vienna, seemingly walking the streets, making notes to himself; early morning of Friday, August 25]:

No. 8 near Blöchlinger’s.

At Härter's on the Freyung: a notable new edition of old classics, inquire about the subscription, [edited] by Stuttgart scholars according to [Blatt 1r] the oldest, rarest editions. //

3 fl. 26 [kr.] at the Adler.

The sketches, as before, in 12-line [paper]. //

Mölkerbastey 95, apartment. [//] [Blatt 1v]

Mödling No. 8 is for sale.

[eventually stopping at a coffee house, possibly reading newspapers, making notes to himself, until accosted by an unidentified couple, Husband A and Wife B:]

HUSBAND A: No. 6 near the Bad. [//] Do you know that Fräulein Schulz married Baron Gudenus? // You must visit us in Döbling, since we have a very nice house, No. 199. We would be very happy to entertain you as an old, valuable friend. [//]

[Blatt 2r]

WIFE B: I even still sing and occasionally listen to music. //

HUSBAND A: Why don't you place your trust in Guldner any longer? He would so gladly take care of you! He has time enough for friends; you must constantly use solvents, and not absent yourself from society because of your hearing. People are always glad to see you! [//]

At the Apothecary’s. [Blatt 2v] Because the doctors don't know much, we must have recourse to [fresh] air, baths, exercise, and [mineral] waters. Do you drink [water from the] Kreutzbrunn?

Where is the handsome boy [Karl], whom you had here last year? [//]

WIFE B: Do you still remember the Meier [proprietor of the dairy shop]? And the Brigitten Au. [//]

HUSBAND A: Married, in the Solms’ [family]. [//]

Those were the happiest years, when a person did not have second thoughts; finally, though, everything comes out at the end. [//] [Blatt 3r]

Do you know that the Neapolitans, at the head of 6 regiments, have demanded the constitution? [//] It is official. [//]