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The Life of

Ludwig van Beethoven

By Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Edited, revised and amended from the original
English manuscript and the German editions
of Hermann Deiters and Hugo Riemann, con-
cluded, and all the documents newly translated

By

Henry Edward Krehbiel

TANFORD LIBRARY

Volume II

Published by

The Beethoven Association

New York

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Contents of Volume II

CHAPTER I. The Year 1803-Cherubini's Operas in Vienna

and Rivalry between Schikaneder and the Imperial

Theatres-Beethoven's Engagement at the Theater-

an-der-Wien-“Christus am Ölberg" again-Bridge-

tower and the "Kreutzer" Sonata-Career of the

Violinist-Negotiations with Thomson for the Scottish

Songs-New Friends-Willibrord Mähler's Portrait of

Beethoven-Compositions of the Year-A Pianoforte

from Erard

CHAPTER II. The Year 1804-Schikaneder Sells His

Theatre and is then Dismissed from the Manage-

ment-Beethoven's Contract Ended and Renewed by

Baron Braun-The "Sinfonia Eroica"-Prince Louis

Ferdinand of Prussia Quarrel between: Beethoven

and von Breuning The Waldstein" Sonata Connleith-

ner, Treitschke and Gaveaux-Paër and His Opera

"Leonora"-"Fidelio" Begun-Beethoven's Growing

Popularity-Publications of the Year

CHAPTER III. The Year 1805-Schuppanzigh's First Quar-
tet Concerts-First Public
Public Performance of the
"Eroica"-Pleyel-The Opera "Leonore," or "Fidelio";
Jahn's Study of the Sketchbook-The Singers and the
Production-Vienna Abandoned by the Aristocracy as
French Advance-Röckel's Story of the Revision of the
Opera-Compositions and Publications of the Year

CHAPTER IV. The Year 1806-Repetitions of "Fidelio":
A Revision of the Book by von Breuning-Changes
in the Opera-The "Leonore" Overtures-A Second
Failure Beethoven Withdraws the Opera from the
Theatre Marriage of Karl Kaspar van Beethoven-A
Journey to Silesia-Beethoven Leaves Prince Lich-
nowsky's Country-seat in Anger-George Thomson and
His Scottish Songs-Compositions and Publications of

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the Year-The "Appassionata" Sonata and Rasoumow-

sky Quartets-Reception of the Quartets in Russia and

England-The Concerto for Violin

CHAPTER V. Beethoven's Friends and Patrons in the

First Lustrum of the Nineteenth Century-Archduke

Rudolph, an Imperial Pupil-Count Andreas Rasou-

mowsky-Countess Erdödy-Baroness Ertmann-Marie

Bigot-Therese Malfatti-Nanette Streicher-Doctor

Zizius-Anecdotes

CHAPTER VI. Princes and Counts as Theatrical Direc-

tors: Beethoven Appeals for an Appointment-Vain

Expectations Subscription Concerts at Prince Lobko-

witz's The Symphony in B-flat-Overture to "Corio- X

lan"-Contract with Clementi-Errors in the Dates

of Important Letters-The Mass in C-A Falling-out

with Hummel-The "Leonore" Overtures again-Per-

formances of Beethoven's Works at the "Liebhaber"

Concerts-The Year 1807

CHAPTER VII. The Year 1808-Johann van Beethoven

Collects a Debt and Buys an Apothecary Shop in

Linz-Wilhelm Rust Plans for New Operas-Sketches

för Macbeth. Imitative Music and the "Pastoral”

Symphony-Count Oppersdorff and the Fourth Sym-

phony-A Call to Cassel-Organization of Rasoumow-

sky's Quartet-Appreciation of Beethoven in Vienna:

Disagreement with Orchestral Musicians-Mishaps at

the Performance of the Choral Fantasia

CHAPTER VIII. Jerome Bonaparte's Invitation-A New

Plan to Keep Beethoven in Vienna-The Annuity Con-

tract-Ries's Disappointment-Farewell to Archduke

Rudolph in a Sonata-The Siege and Capitulation of

Vienna-Seyfried's "Studies"-Reissig's Songs-An

Abandoned Concert-Commission for Music to "Eg-

mont"-Increased Cost of Living in Vienna-Dilatory

Debtors-Products of 1809

CHAPTER IX. The Years 1807-09 a Retrospect-Beet-

hoven's Intellectual Development and Attainments :

Growth after Emancipation from Domestic Cares-His

Natural Disposition-Eager in Self-Instruction-In-

terest in Oriental Studies-His Religious Beliefs-Atti-

tude towards the Church

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