Comment; When Kuhlau was nine years old in Leuneburg, he had lost his right eye by accident. There are various opinions regarding this accident. They are as following. " One evening, he went on some errand with a bottle in the dark. He paused to notice a strange lamp in one shoe shop. When he went up two or three steps to approach and see the light, he heard that someone had called his name behind him. Therefore he went down the stairs. At that time, he stumbled the bottle with him and it was broken. The broken piece pierced his head and right eye."
"Kuhlau was singing a song with other boys by church organ. He usually stood just near one organist. He was the organist's favorite boy. One day, the organist noticed that he left his hymnbook behind. Kuhlau ran to bring it back. The frozenroad was slippery. He fell to the ground and hit his eye. Nevertheless, he deliveredthe hymnbook."
Now just one Kuhlau's portrait with his left closed eye isowned by the Music History museum.