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Anselm Hüttenbrenner (13 October 1794 – 5 June 1868) was an Austrian composer. He was a close friend of both Beethoven and Schubert.
That’s What Friends Are For
He was also present on 26 March 1827, at the time of Beethoven's death, when the only other person present was Beethoven's housekeeper. In commemoration of the moment, Huttenbrenner cut a lock of Beethoven's hair, now in Graz together with Beethoven's family archival book in the Fux Conservatory. --Wikipedia
Schubert sent the manuscript of his Unfinished Symphony to Hüttenbrenner around 1823. -- adapted from Wikipedia
Hüttenbrenner claimed with pride
That he was there when Ludwig died.
And just to prove that he was there,
He cut a lock of Ludwig’s hair,
Which tied (no doubt) in tiny knots
Can still be seen when you’re in Graz.
Schubert, Hüttenbrenner’s friend,
Gave him a score which had no end,
Two movements and a few bars more, so
To this day it’s just a torso.
Since Schubert left the score that way, it
Is, of course, the way we play it.
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