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for him, especially at this period, when he was entering manhood and eager to get at the works of contemporary composers. In those times only a small amount of the music that was written, was published. Many of the lesser works were composed merely to grace some social function, with but little thought given them as to their ultimate fate. It was customary to play from manuscript, copies of which were not readily attainable. In a city like Vienna new music was constantly being produced, occasionally at public concerts, but most often at social gatherings. The freemasonry existing among musicians and the wealthy amateurs was such that a musician of any talent was sure to be received, and put on a friendly footing. No other city in Europe afforded such opportunities for musical culture as did Vienna. It was the home of Mozart and Haydn and a host of lesser composers, as well as instrumentalists and singers. Music in one form or another was the chief diversion of the better classes, the wealthier of whom maintai
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116.
Cherubini, 57, 66, 123; Requiem, 140, 212.
Chopin, Improvising, 28.
Choral Fantasia, 29.
Christianity, 4, 143.
Cirrhosis, 213,
Dropsical accumulations in, 207,
Cause of, 213,
not transmissible, 214.
Clementi, Sonatas, 139.
Cologne, 17.
Concert, Spirituel, of Vienna, 178, 179,
of Paris, 14.
Congress of Vienna, 107 et seq.
Coriolanus overture, 14, 75, 124, 229.
Corsican, the young, 41.
Critics on Second Symphony, 36,
Seventh Symphony, 159.
Czerny, 29, 66, 80, 96, 127, 128, 130, 131, 140, 159, 167, 207, 211,
Teacher of young Karl, 110.
Index
Dance, the, 99,
the, favorite musical form, 157.
Dante, 77.
Damrosch, Dr. Leopold, 166.
De Profundus, 151.
Diabelli, 157, 167, 187.
Dietrichstein, Count, 172.
Dignity, of the artist, 2.
Don Giovanni, 9, 48, 139, 140.
Dรถnhoff, Graf von, 94.
Index
Egmont music, 92, 106, 142, 156, 226, 229.
Eighth Symphony, 95, 98, 100, 106, 145,
Dance element in, 99.
Eisfeld, Theo, 166.
Elector of Cologne, 4, 5, 13, 24,
his Orchestra, 15, 16, 18, 82.
Eliot, George, 134.
Elysian Fields, 193.
Emerson, 77, 145, 147, 148, 228.
England, 103, 106, 107.
Erdรถdy, Countess, 60, 61.
Erlkรถnig, Beethoven's setting of, 142.
Eroica Symphony (see Third Symphony).
Ertmann, Baroness, 60, 61, 80, 128.
Esterhazy, Prince, 75-76,
Princess Marie, 76,
the Princes, 51.
Eucharist, 232.
Euryanthe, 159, 160.
Eustachian tubes, office of, 214.
Index
Fate, struggle with, 163,
Relentless, 218,
Propitiated, 184,
and Destiny, 218.
Fates, the, 204, 220.
Fatherland, Poets of, 14.
Faust, 38, 156, 157, 162, 200.
Fichte (quoted), 219.
Fidelio, 11, 48, 98, 155,
libretto of, 49-50,
First production of, 54, 55,
revision of, 56, 74, 75, 98, 106, 123, 155, 159,
dedication of piano score, 107,
its Spanish background, 49.
Fielding and humor, 134.
Fifth Symphony (C minor), 14, 68, 73, 76, 77, 152.
First Symphony, 33, 34, 37.
Fischer, 225.
Fรถrster, teacher of Beethoven, 63.
Fourth Symphony, 66-68,
Serenity of, 67,
Philosophic import of, 68.
France, 42, 43, 107.
France, King of (Louis XVIII), 45, 154, 155.
Freemasonry, among musicians, 10.
Freischรผtz, 139.
French Revolution, 3, 4, 41, 133.
Friends of music, Society of, 129.
Friendship, 176.
Frimmel von, 180, 215.
Fugue, the, 124, 125, 129,
of the Cโฏ minor quartet, 121,
Credo of Mass in D, 153.
Fuller, Margaret (footnote), 181.
Index
Gayety, 100.
Galaxy of virtuosi, 17.
Galitzin, Prince, and last quartets, 192-194,
and Mass in D, 192.
Genius, prerogative of, 230.
Germanic Order, 10.
Germans, the, 104.
Gewandhaus Concerts, 226.
Glacis, the, 204, 210.
Glรผck, 79.
Goethe, 13, 38, 80, 88, 90, 101, 111, 125, 129, 141, 191, 212, 217,
Worldly wisdom of, 90,
as Courtier, 91,
Councillor, 92,
Spiritual mentor, 162.
Gothic architecture, 143.
Greece, 143.
Greek Classics, 140-141.
Grillparzer, 160.
Index
Hafiz (quoted), 102.
Hanau, battle of, 104.
Hรคndel, 27, 79, 139, 143, 223,
Beethoven's opinion of, 20,
Oratorios of, 143, 144,
works of, 207.
Hรคndel and Haydn Society of Boston, 181.
Happiness, and Beethoven, 38.
Hatzfeld, Prince von, 154.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 18.
Haydn, 4, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30, 33, 43, 46, 73, 76, 79, 100, 101, 123, 140, 219, 229,
Important work of, 143,
Distinguishing trait, 123,
Kyrie of Imperial Mass, 74,
and the Minuet, 34,
Humor in music, 34, 133,
Sonatas, 34,
Teacher of Beethoven, 19-20,
Visits Bonn, 17.
Haydn and Mozart, 4, 20.
Haydn and Beethoven, life-work of, 20.
Heiligenstadt, 73.
Herder, 141,
quoted, 80, 93.
Higher law, the, 38.
Hiller, Ferdinand, 205.
Hirsch, Beethoven's last pupil, 180.
Holy Grail, 232.
Holz, 178, 185, 194, 198, 206, 213.
Homer, 13.
Host, the, elevation of, 233,
Consecration of, 233.
Humanity, 43,
at bay, 163,
Golden age for, 164.
Humor, in music, evolution of, 133,
a test of genius, 134.
Hรผmmel, 22, 29, 31, 63, 76, 105, 206.
Hรผttenbrenner, 8, 177, 210, 211.
Index
Imperial family (of Austria), 5, 41, 81, 91, 170, 171, 212.
Impedimenta, 39.
Improvising, 28, 125,
Bach, excelled in it, 28,
Chopin, last to exercise it in public, 28,
Beethoven, genius in, 28-29,
by Karl, 117.
Instrumental music, 227, 230.
Intellect of mankind, 2.
Intuition, 2.
Italian vocalism, 4.
Index
Jeitteles, 121.
Jesus, teaching of, 164.
Johnson, Dr., 130.
Joy, language of, 68.
Joyousness (quoted), 101.
Judiciary, the, of Austria, 212.
Index
Kalischer, 186, 197.
Kantian Philosophy, 229.
Karlskirche, 212.
Kenilworth, 209.
Keyboard, of piano, 3.
Kiel University, 16.
Kinsky, Prince, 26, 83, 84,
death of, 145, 160.
Klober, 148.
Klopstock, 92.
Kren, Michael, 200.
Kreutzer, R., 45,
Sonata, 44, 45.
Krumpholz, 38,
death of, 130-131.
Index
Leipzig, 92,
battle of, 102, 105.
Leonore overtures, 49, 56,
the Third, 56, 57, 229.
Lessing, 13.
Letter to a young girl, 141,
Holz, appointing him his biographer, 179,
Breuning, Stephen von, 175,
Czapka, a magistrate, 198,
Rampel, his copyist, 190,
Lichnowsky, Prince, 70,
Messrs. Schott, 193,
Zmeskall, 137-138.
Lichnowsky, Prince von, 23, 25, 26, 35, 55, 56, 59, 127,
Settles annuity on Beethoven, 24,
Beethoven visits him, in Silesia, 68,
quarrels with him, 69,
death of, 130.
Lichnowsky, Princess von, 62, 65,
as peacemaker, 25, 56.
Lichnowsky, Count Moritz von, 26, 43, 129, 168, 176.
Life, a precious gift, 98.
Life's problem, 4, 218.
Life's tragedy, 36.
Liszt, 5, 29, 52, 127, 136, 225, 226,
advent of, in concert, 159,
pupil of Czerny, 29.
Liszt's father, 159.
Lobkowitz, Prince von, 26, 44, 45, 59, 84,
bankruptcy of, 145,
death of, 130.
Loder, George, 165.
Lohengrin, Prelude, 231, 232, 234.
London, 117.
Louis, Ferdinand of Prussia, 44.
Love, 165,
Magic power of, 164.
Lรผtzen, battle of, 102.
Index
Man of genius, elation of, 98.
Mantua, Mozart at, 28.
Maria Louisa, of
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