dedicated to the Cardinal Archduke Rudolph; composed 1825.
134. _Grand Fugue_, Op. 133 (arranged for piano for four hands).
135. _Quartet_ (the sixteenth) for two violins, viola, and cello, in F
major; dedicated to Herrn Wolfmeier; composed 1826.
136. _Der Glorreiche Augenblick_, cantata for four voices and
orchestra; text by Dr. Weissenbach; dedicated to Franz I Emperor
of Austria, Nicholas I Emperor of Russia, and Frederick
William III King of Prussia; composed 1814.
137. _Fugue_ for two violins, two violas, and cello, in D major;
composed 1817.
138. _Ouverture caracteristique, "Leonora,"_ No. 1, in C major.
* * * * *
II.--COMPOSITIONS DESIGNATED SIMPLY BY NUMBERS.
1A. _Twelve Variations_ for piano and violin, in F major; Theme,
_Se vuol ballare_, from Mozart's _Figaro_; dedicated to Eleonore
von Breuning; published 1793. (See page 70).
1B. _Thirteen Variations_ for piano, in A major; Theme, _Es war
einmal ein alter Mann_; published 1794.
2. _Nine Variations_ for piano in A major; Theme, _Quant è più
bello_; published 1797.
3A. _Six Variations_ for piano; Theme, _Nel cor più non mi sento_;
composed 1795.
3B. _Two Minuets_ for piano, for four hands.
4. _Twelve Variations_ for piano, in C major; Theme, _Menuet à la
Vigano_; published 1796.
5A. _Twelve Variations_ for piano, in A major; Theme from the ballet
of the _Wood maiden_; published 1797.
5B. _Twelve Variations_ for piano and violoncello, in G major; Theme,
"See, the Conquering Hero comes!" published 1804.
6. _Twelve Variations_ for piano and violoncello, in F major (see Op.
66).
7. _Eight Variations_ for piano, in C major; Theme from Grétry's
_Richard Cœur de Lion_; published 1798.
8. _Ten Variations_ for piano, in B flat major; Theme, _La stessa, la
stessissima_; published 1799.
9. _Seven Variations_ for piano, in F major; Theme, _Kind willst du
ruhig schlafen_; published 1799.
10A. _Eight Variations_ for piano, in F major; Theme, _Tändeln and
Scherzen_; composed 1799.
10B. _Seven Variations_ for piano and violoncello, in E flat; Theme
from _The Magic Flute_; composed 1801 (?).
11. _Six very easy Variations on an original Theme_; composed 1801.
12. _Six easy Variations_ for piano or harp, in F major; Theme, Swiss
Air; published 1799 (?).
13. _Twenty-four Variations_ for piano, in D major, on a Theme by
Righini; composed about 1790.
14-23. Missing.
24. _Der Wachtelschlag_ for voice and piano; words by Sauter;
published 1804.
25. _Seven Variations_ for piano, in C major; Theme, _God save the
King_; published 1804.
26. _Five Variations_ (favourite) for piano, in D major; Theme, _Rule
Britannia_; published 1804.
27. _Six Variations_ for piano, for four hands, in D major, on an
original Theme; composed 1800.
28. _Minuet_ for piano.
29. _Prelude_ for piano, in F minor; published 1805.
30-31. Missing.
32. _To Hope_ by Tiedge (see Op. 94).
33-34. Missing.
35. _Andante_ for piano in F major (originally in the Sonata, Op. 53);
composed 1803 (?).
36. _Thirty-two Variations_ for piano, in C minor, on an original
Theme; published 1807.
37. Missing.
38. _Die Sehnsucht_ four melodies for voice and piano; text by Goethe;
published 1810.
* * * * *
III.--COMPOSITIONS DESIGNATED BY LETTERS.
A.--INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
(a) _Trio_ for piano, violin, and violoncello (in one movement), in B
flat; dedicated to "My little friend, Maximiliana Brentano, for her
encouragement in pianoforte playing"; composed 1812.
(b) _Rondo_ for piano and violin, in G major; published 1800.
(c) _Andante_ for piano, in G.
(d) _Sonata_ for piano, in C major (incomplete); composed 1796.
(e) _Two easy Sonatinas_ for piano, in G major and F major; composed
in Bonn.
(f) _Three Sonatas_ for piano, in E flat major, F minor, and D major;
dedicated to the Elector, Max. Friedrich; composed at the age of
ten.
(g) _Rondo_ for piano, in A major; published 1784.
(h) _Andante_ on the text, "Oh Hoffnung, du stählst die Herzen." (Ex.
for the Archduke Rudolph).
(i) _Favourite March_ of the Emperor Alexander.
(k) _Eight Variations_ for piano, in B flat; Theme, _Ich habe ein
kleines Hüttchen nur_.
(l) _Variations_ for piano, on a March by Dressler; composed at the
age of ten.
(m) _Variations_ for piano, for four hands, on an original theme.
(n) _Variations_ for piano, for four hands, in A major.
(o) _Triumphal March_ for orchestra, in C major; performed 1813.
(p) _Second and Third Overtures to "Leonora"_ ("Fidelio"), in C major.
(q) _Overture to "Fidelio"_ ("Leonora," No. 4), in E flat.
(r) _Triumphal March_ for orchestra in G major.
(s) _Three Duos_ for clarionet and bassoon, in C major, F major, and B
flat; composed about 1800.
(t) _Minuet_ for piano (from the Septet, Op. 20).
(u) _Quintet_ (MS.), for two violins, two violas, and violoncello in
F major.
B.--DANCE MUSIC.
_Twelve Contre-danses._
_Twelve Minuets_ for orchestra.
_Six Minuets_ for piano.
_Twelve Danses Allemandes_ for two violins and bass.
_Seven Country Dances_ for piano.
_Six Country Dances_ for piano.
_Twelve Ecossaises_ for piano.
_Six Allemandes_ for piano and violin.
_Twelve Waltzes with Trios_ for orchestra.
_Six Waltzes_ for two violins and bass.
_Two Minuets_ for piano, for four hands.
_Six Country Dances_ for piano.
_Two favourite Waltzes_ for piano, in B flat major and F minor.
C.--VOCAL MUSIC.
a. _Six Songs_ from Reissig's "_Blümchen der Einsamkeit_":--
1. _Sehnsucht_, in E major.
2. _Krieger's Abschied_, in E flat.
3. _Der Jüngling in der Fremde_, in B flat.
4. _An den fernen Geliebten_, in G major.
5. _Der Zufriedene_, in A major.
6. _Der Liebende_, in D major.
b. _Three Songs_:--
1. _An die Geliebte_, in B flat.
2. _Das Geheimniss_, in G major.
3. _So oder so! Nord oder Süd._
c. _Italian and German Songs_:--
1. _La Partenza_ ("ecco quel fiore").
2. _Trinklied._
3. _Liedchen von der Ruhe._
4. _An die Hoffnung._
5. _Ich liebe dich, so wie du mich._
6. _Molly's Abschied._
7. _Ohne Liebe._
8. _Wachtelgesang._
9. _Marmotte._
10. _Maigesang._
11. _Feuerfarbe._
12. _Ecco quel fiori istanti._
d. _Songs_ for one or more voices, from Shakespeare, Byron, and Moore.
e. _Der Glorreiche Augenblick_ for four voices and orchestra.
f. _Lied aus der Ferne._
g. _Three Songs_ from Tiedge.
h. _Three Songs._
i. _Three Songs._
k. _Oh! dass ich dir vom stillen Auge._
l. _Sehnsucht nach dem Rhein._
m. _Die Klage._
n. _Three Andantes._
o. _Ruf vom Berge._
p. _Der Bardengeist._
q. _Als die Geliebte sich trennen wollte._
r. _Elegy_ on the death of a Poodle.
s. _Arietta_ in A flat major.
t. _Canon_ in E flat major.
u. _Zärtliche Liebe._
v. _Resignation_, and _Lisch' aus_, in E major.
w. _Canon_ for six voices.
x. _Canon_ for four voices.
y. _Canon_ for three voices.
z. _Canon_ written in the album of Director Neide.
tz. _Song of the Monks_, from Schiller's _William Tell_.
a2. _Song of the Nightingale._
b2. _Germania's Wiedergeburt_ for four voices and orchestra.
c2. _Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürger._
e2. _Final Songs_ from (1) _Die Ehrenpforte_, in D major; (2) _Die
gute Nachricht_.
f2. _Andenken von Matthison_--allegretto. g. _Three-part Song._
* * * * *
IV.--COMPOSITIONS WHICH APPEARED AFTER BEETHOVEN'S DEATH, WITHOUT BEING
DESIGNATED AS OPUS OR NUMBER.
a. _Beethoven's Heimgang_ for voice and piano.
b. _An Sie_, Song, in A flat major.
c. _Two Songs_:--
1. _Seufzer eines Ungeliebten._
2. _Die laute Klage._
d. _Die Ehre Gottes in der Natur_ for four voices and orchestra, in C
major.
e. _Cantata, "Europa steht."_
f. _Song, "Gedenke mein."_
g. _Empfindungen bei Lydia's Untreu_, in E flat.
h. _Equali_, two pieces for four trombones.
i. _Allegretto_ for orchestra.
k. _Three Quartets._
l. _Rondo_ for piano and orchestra.
m. _Octet_ for wind instruments.
n. _Rondino_ for eight-part harmony.
o. _Two Trios_ for piano, violin and Violoncello.
p. _Military March_ for piano.
q. _Lament at Beethoven's Grave._
r. _The Last Musical Thought._
INDEX
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.
_Printed in Great Britain by Ebenezer Baylis & Son, Worcester._
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
This project is dedicated to the memory of Eduardo Suárez, who loved
Beethoven's music and this book.
Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.
A number of words in this book have both hyphenated and non-hyphenated
variants. The trend in the original book was to hyphenate compound
words. Therefore, for the words with both variants present the
hyphenated variant was chosen in most of the cases.
The list item in the Table of Contents pointing to page 93 is for
a letter to I. Moscheles and not to Sir G. Smart as it was printed
originally in the book. There is another letter to I. Moscheles on page
94 that is missing in the original. These errors have been corrected.
The present book was originally written in French and has been
translated into English. The Transcriber believes a translation error
has been made in the English version. The text in question in page 198
of the book reads as follows:
_This biography was commenced in 1866, but was interrupted by the
death of the author in 1897 at Trieste where he was the American
Consul. The work stood still till 1816,..._
For the above paragraph, the French version ("Vie de Beethoven", Romain
Rolland, Hachette, 1914, 7eme. edition, Page 148) reads as follows:
_Commencé en 1866; interrompu par la mort de l'auteur, en 1897, à
Trieste, où il était consul des États-Unis; l'ouvrage s'arrête à
l'année 1816..._
The Transcriber believes that the above French text should be
translated into English as:
This biography was commenced in 1866, but was interrupted by the
death of the author in 1897, at Trieste, where he was the American
Consul. The work stops at the year 1816..._
Obvious punctuation and other printing errors have been corrected.