Beethoven was extremely influential as among the first composers to work freelance rather than being employed full-time by a royal or ecclesiastic patron.(貝多芬作為并非全職供職于皇家和教會贊助人，而作為自由職業者的首位作曲家而極具影響力。)

There is, however, one side of life to which he is entirely blind, as was perhaps natural in an ecclesiastic writing before the Age of Salons.(有一個生活層面他是完全一無所知的，這也難怪，要知道在沙龍時代之前所有神職作品都從來沒有提及過。)

The sounds of the church singing ceased and the voice of the chief ecclesiastic was heard, respectfully congratulating the sick man on his reception of the mystery.(唱詩中斷了，可以聽見一個神職人員恭敬地祝賀病人受圣禮。)