[23]Prince Karl Lichnowski was a highly cultivated nobleman, and a pupil
of Mozart. His consort, Princess Christiane, born Countess of Thun,
was also refined, scholarly, and devoted to music.
[24]Mozart was at this time thirty-one, and Beethoven seventeen years of
age.
[25]Gluck was born in 1714, and Haydn in 1732, so at this time (1788)
Gluck was seventy-four and Haydn fifty-six years of age. Both these
composers made Vienna their home, and both died there.
[26]Haydn was at this time returning from his visit to England.
[27]Beethoven was now in the twenty-second year of his age.
[28]Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, nephew of Frederick the Great,
was born Nov. 18, 1772, and died on the battlefield at Saalfeld, Oct.
10, 1806. He was an excellent pianist and composer, and so fond of
music that he kept musicians with him in the army.
[29]Archduke Rudolph, son of Leopold of Tuscany and Marie Louise of
Spain, was born at Florence, Jan. 8, 1788, and died at Vienna, July
24, 1831. He was a pupil of Beethoven, but eventually gave up music
and went into the Church, and was appointed cardinal.
[30]Ferdinand Ries, pianist and composer, and the pupil of Beethoven,
was born at Bonn, Nov. 28, 1784, and died at Frankfurt, Jan. 13,
1838. He was considered one of the best pianists of his time.
[31]Buda is that part of Budapest lying on the west bank of the Danube.
[32]These gardens were attached to the imperial palace of Schönbrunn.
[33]Baron Gottfried van Swieten was a distinguished musical amateur and
a patron of Beethoven and Haydn. Beethoven dedicated his first
symphony to him.
[34]In the original text the will ends at this point. The remaining
portion directs Doctor Schmidt to describe his disease, makes his two
brothers his heirs, and expresses his joy that when death comes, it
will release him from constant suffering. The will is dated Oct. 6,
1802.
Appendix
The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in
the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, which was mostly spent in Vienna, and
mainly devoted to composition:
1770 Born at Bonn, Prussia, Dec. 16.
1783 First composition, “Variations on a March.”
1785 Appointed Court Organist.
1787 Sent to Vienna by Elector of Cologne to study with Mozart.
1792 Second visit to Vienna to study with Haydn.
1795 Composed three trios in Vienna, marked Opus 1, indicating that
he regarded all he had previously produced as of no consequence.
1796 Made an artistic tour in North Germany.
1797 First Symphony.
1798 Deafness began, and continually increased during the remainder
of his life.
1802 Second Symphony.
1803 Oratorio of “Mount of Olives” performed in Vienna.
1804 Third Symphony (“Eroica”).
1805 Composed “Fidelio,” his only opera.
1806 Fourth Symphony.
1808 Fifth Symphony.
1808 Sixth Symphony (“Pastoral”).
1812 Seventh Symphony.
1812 Eighth Symphony (“The Little”).
1822 Mass in D.
1823 Ninth Symphony (“Choral”).
1827 Died in Vienna, Dec. 26.
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