The Immortal Beloved

The appointment to Kassel was a new chapter in the life of Beethoven removing himself from the seat of musical capital to somewhat of a providential outpost of musical world was shocking to many who could not comprehend the move amidst the height of his career in the musical city. But Beethoven makes an interesting statement:
Abusive articles about my latest concert will perhaps be set again from here to the Musikalische Zeitung. I certainly don’t want everything that is written against me to be suppressed. But people should bear in mind that nobody in Vienna has more private enemies than I have. This is the more understandable since the state of music here is becoming worse and worse.
With the issues of the day and war looming from France’s Napoleon Bonaparte and several symphonies later such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LimqvTZ3EC4 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGESRc3XfY
With the news of letters between he and Antoine Brentano that gives reason for the strange move and puts to rest how society because they cannot explain issues make of stories to fill in the gaps.