INDEX

A

Amenda, Carl, 10, 65 Antwerp, 4 n. Appassionata, sonata, 18, 154 v. Arnim, Bettina, 29 n. "Art unites everybody," 105

B

Bach, J. S., 21, 48, 82, 104, 105; his fugues, 160 Beauty, 101 Beethoven, Carl, 14, 38, 39; Johann, 14 Beethoven, Ludwig: Birth, 3; Flemish origin, 3, 30; his Father, 4; his Mother, 4; his Grandfather, 4 n.; his Republican sympathies, 8, 17; his deafness, 9; his first concert in Vienna, 9; unhappiness, 15; in love, 22; his short-sightedness, 22; love-letter, 23; consciousness of power, 26; his taste in literature, 27; "pedantic," 34; his deafness, 34; conversation-books, 35 n.; unrestfulness of mind, 37; lodgings, 37 n.; foster-son, 41; note-books, 43; death-bed, 51; operations, 51 n.; his will, 57-61; his letters, 65-98; his bad health, 73; deafness, 74-5, 78; "raptus," 77; prices for his copyrights, 82-3; approaching end, 97; his Thoughts on Music, 101-6; his piano-playing, 104 Bernhard, Mme. de, 9 Bibliography, 195 Bilingual tempo indications, 158 Bonaparte, Jerome, 33 ———, Napoleon, 19, 31, 112

Bonn, 3, 6, 85 Botticelli's Bambino, 12 Brahms, 165 Braunthal, 2 Brentano, Bettina, 27 ———, Maximiliana, 162 v. Breuning, Councillor, 96, 98 v. Breuning, Eleonore, 5, 69, 84 v. Breuning, Steffen, 76, 80 v. Breuning, Stephen, 34 v. Brunswick, Franz, 32, 154 v. Brunswick, Therese, 20, 25, 37, 156 Brutus, 28 n.

C

Cherubini, 38 n., 105 Choral Symphony, 36, 43 Chorus, 43 Christ, 28 n. Church music, 103 C Minor, 53 Coda, 165 Composing, 102 Coriolanus Overture, 18 Critics and Criticism, 106

D

Divine, The, in Music, 101

E

Egmont, 19 Elgar, Enigma Variations, 115 "Englishmen, magnanimous," 95 v. Erdödy, Maria, 34 n., 54 Eroica, 53 —— Symphony, 17 Ertmann, Freund Dorothea, 160

F

"Fate knocks at the door," 118 Fidelio, 35, 102 First Symphony, 12 Fourth Quartet, 18 Freudenberg, 104 Fugue, 162, 164, 165 Funeral March, 16, 19, 113

G

Galitzin, Prince, 38 Gallenberg, Count, 14 Gelinck, 9 Gellert, 16 Gerardi, Fräulein, 68 Gerhard, Wilhelm, 103 Godesburg, 85 Goethe, 27, 28, 29 n., 30 n. Goethe, Faust, 48

Grillparzer, 49, 53 —— Melusina, 48 Guicciardi, Giulietta, 13

H

Hammerclavier, Sonata for the, 161 Handel, 48, 104 Heiligenstadt Testament, 14, 60 Hoche, 19 Hofmeister, Capellmeister, 81 Homer, 27 n. Hornemann's miniature of Beethoven, 16 n. Hulin, General, 19 Hummel, 94

I

"Immortal Beloved," Beethoven's, 23 d'Indy, Vincent F., 164 Italy, 48

K

Kempis' Imitation of Christ, 52 n. King Lear, 44 Kinsky, Prince, 33 Klein, Franz, 32 Körner's Odyssey, 48 Kreutzer Sonata, 16 Kuffner (poet), 49

L

Les Adieux, 155 "Lebe-wohl," 158 Lichnovsky, Prince, 60, 73 Lobkovitz, 19, 33 Lorchen, 77, 81

M

Macbeth, 42 n. Malchus, 71 Martonvasar, 20 Mass in D, 38, 162, 163 Mendelssohn, 157 Michael Angelo, 28 n., 39 Military band, 129 Modulation, 128 Moonlight Sonata, 16 Moscheles I., 2, 48, 93, 94 Mozart, 4, 105 —— Don Giovanni, 13 Müller, Dr., 49

N

Napoleon I., 19, 31, 112 Nephew, Beethoven's, 50

O

Ode to Joy, 42 "Opera, An", 21 Opferlied, 87 Orchestra, 119

P

Palestrina, 103 Passage work, 104 Pépinière, 85 Philharmonic Society, 93, 94-5, 97 Philosophy, 101 Pianoforte Concertos, 19 Plutarch, 11, 27 n., 75

Q

Quartets analyzed, 179 Quartets, Op. 59, 34 Quartet, Op. 130, Finale, 132, 38 Quartets, Op. 132, 43 Quartet, Op. 130, Final, 50 Quips and sallies, 117

R

Revolution, French, 7 Rhenish Song, 12 Rhine valley, 6, 51, 72 Rhythm, 123 Rossini, 34, 45 Rudolph, Archduke, 33, 102, 103, 161, 165 Russell (English traveller), 37

S

Scale, Perversity of, 124 Scherzo, 114, 119, 162 Schindler, 31, 35, 36 n., 47, 159 Schmidt, Professor, 59, 60 Schott, Brothers, 90, 96 Schiller, 42 n. Schumann, 53, 115 Second Period Style, 112 Septet, 12 Shakespeare, 3, 27 n., 28 n. Shedlock, J. S., 65 n. Six Religious Songs, 16 Smart, Sir George, 92 Socrates, 28 n. Sonatas analyzed, 133 Sonata in D, 11 Sonata in F sharp, 23 Sonata with the Funeral March, 16 Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, 16 Sonata, Moonlight, 16 Sonata, Kreutzer, 16 Sonata, Appassionata, 18, 154 Sonata, Op. 106, 38 Sonata, Les Adieux, 155 Sonate pathétique, 11 Song of Farewell, 8 Spiker, Dr., 49 Stadler, Abb., 105 Steinhauser's sketch of Beethoven, 8 String Quartet, in A minor, Finale, 126

String Quartet, Opus 132, 164 String Quartet, 1, Opus 18, No. 1, in F, 179 String Quartet, 2, Op. 18, No. 2, in G major, 179 String Quartet, 3, Op. 18, No. 3, in D, 180 String Quartet, 4, Op. 18, No. 4, in C minor, 181 String Quartet, 5, Op. 18, No. 5, in A, 181 String Quartet, 6, Op. 18, No. 6, in B flat, 181 String Quartet, 7, Op. 59, No. 1, in F, 183 String Quartet, 8, Op. 59, No. 2, in E minor, 184 String Quartet, 9, Op. 59, No. 3, in G major, 185 String Quartet, 10, Op. 74, in E flat, 186 String Quartet, 11, Op. 95, in F minor, 186 String Quartet, 12, Op. 127, in E flat, 187 String Quartet, 13, Op. 130, in B flat, 188 String Quartet, 14, Op. 133, in C sharp minor, 189 String Quartet, 15, Op. 132, in A minor, 190 String Quartet, 16, Op. 135, in F major, 191 Symphonies (The nine), analysed: No. 1, 109 " 2, 110 " 3, 112 " 4, 115 " 5, 117 " 6, 120 " 7, 122 " 8, 124 " 9, 126 Symphony, Eroica, 17 —— Second, 16 —— C Minor, 19 —— Fourth, 21 —— in B flat, 22 —— Seventh, 29 —— Eighth, 29 —— Ninth, 42, 46, 47n. —— Tenth, 43, 48, 48n. —— Eleventh, 43 —— in A, 30 —— Ninth, metronomized, 95 —— Ninth, 115 —— Pastoral, 120

T

Tannhäuser, 48 n.

"Tedesca," 156 Theme of Joy, 43 Thomson, George, 103 Töplitz, 28 Touch in Piano-playing, 104

U

Umlauf, 35 Una corda, 164

V

Variations, 165 Vienna, 6, 7, 31, 32, 45, 109 Violin Sonatas analyzed, 169 Violin Sonata, 1, Opus 12, No. 1, in D, 169 Violin Sonata, 2, Op. 12, No. 2, in A, 170 Violin Sonata, 3, Op. 12, No. 3, in E flat, 170 Violin Sonata, 4, Op. 23, in A minor and major, 170 Violin Sonata, 5, Op. 24, in F, 171 Violin Sonata, 6, Op. 30, No. 1, in A, 172 Violin Sonata, 7, Op. 30, No. 2, in C minor, 173 Violin Sonata, 8, Op. 30, No. 3, in G, 173 Violin Sonata, 9, Op. 47, in A, 174 Violin Sonata, 10, Op. 96, in G, 175 Voltaire, 106

W

Wagner, 32 —— Woodland Murmurs, 121 Waldstein, Count, 153 Wegeler, Dr. F., 6, 10, 15 n., 51, 54 n., 72, 78, 84, 88, 91 Wegeler, Julius, 87 Wegeler, Eln., 88

Z

Zelter, 29 n., 30 n.

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