In the Afterword, we learn that George was killed at the battle of Smolensk, while Sidonie and Erasmus died young and the Bernhard drowned in 1800.  
In this novel, Anton wants to begin a piano recital with a piece by Johann Reichardt, but his mother intervenes and instead he plays Bach's Capriccio on the Departure of his Brother.  In the penultimate chapter, the protagonist refuses to discuss the Neutrality Conference which was nearly held, though he does remark that algebra, like laudanum, deadens pain.  In the Afterword, we learn that George was killed at the battle of Smolensk, while Sidonie and Erasmus died young and the Bernhard drowned in 1800.  The protagonist's beloved dies two days following her 15th birthday, after which he decides to begin writing under a pseudonym meaning "clearer of new land," while also pursuing a career in the Salt Mine Directorate.  He never finished Heinrich von Ofterdingen, from which this work takes its title.  FTP, name this 1995 novel about the love of Sophie von K?hn and Friedrich von Hardenberg, or Novalis, a book by Penelope Fitzgerald with a botanical title.
In this novel, Anton wants to begin a piano recital with a piece by Johann Reichardt, but his mother intervenes and instead he plays Bach's Capriccio on the Departure of his Brother.  
The Blue Flower