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THE LIFE OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
VOLUME II
[Illustration]
[Illustration: BEETHOVEN
After Mähler's Portrait of 1804
From the copy in possession of Mrs. Jabez Fox]
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, concluded,
and all the documents newly translated
By
Henry Edward Krehbiel
Volume II
Published by
The Beethoven Association
New York
~SECOND PRINTING~
Copyright, 1921.
By Henry Edward Krehbiel
From the press of G. Schirmer, Inc., New York
Printed in the U. S. A.
Contents of Volume II
PAGE
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--Bridgetower
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 1