Beethoven by George Alexander Fischer (reading in the dark .TXT) 📕

Index Bach, Dr., Beethoven's attorney, 209. Bach, J.S., 8, 20, 27, 28, 32, 73, 75, 147, 173, 220, 225, Beethoven's regard for, 20, and humor, 133, Leader of Beethoven, 236, Life-work of, 143, Mathematician of music, 1, Mass in B minor, 51, 74, Overture on name of, 172, Protestant, 52, and old ecclesiastical modes, 147, and Variation form, 158, Well-tempered clavichord, 139, "Wonder-work," 229. Baden, 116, 158, 173, 193. Battle Symphony, 103 et seq. Bautzen, battle of, 102. Bavarian soldiers, 104. Bayreuth, 226. Beautiful in music, 4. Beethoven: Altruism of, 40, 164, Adagios, 123, Aim, 219, Age of, 211, Absorption in his work, 18, 121, Art-life of, 229, Artist-life, 191, Artistic instinct, 34, Approachable, 177, Asceticism, 111, 116, 161, Adopts nephew, 110, Awkwardness, 134, Bach's influence on, 229, Brevier, 141, Catholic, in religion, 161, Creative talent, 27, Conduct of life, 39, Court suit, buys a, 38, Concert for Philharmonic Society of London, 182, Copyrights, 201, Consideration for others, 209, Copyists, his, 187, 188, Church music, predilection for, 147, Concept of life, 7, Drama, and the, 14, Dancing, and, 39, Destiny, accepts his, 100, Deafness, progress of, 96, Ethical character of, 126, 197, Every-day life, 96, Father, his, 4, Favorite authors, 13, Failing health, 200, Forecasts his future, 37, Friendship, need of, 177, and Goethe, 90-92, Gastro-intestinal disturbances, 88, Grandfather, 4, 5, Grammar, lapses from in letters, 138, Habits, at Johann's, 201, and Happiness, 38, Helplessness, his, 137, Humor, 126, 133, 135, History, insatiable reader of, 140, Intellectual bias, 14, 28, 141, Infinitude, 124, Introspection, 37, 97, Illnesses of, 88, 204, 207, Individuality, 27, Intuitive faculties, 41, 217, Improvising: in Allegro movements, 29, Improvising: in Variations, 29, Improvising at a charity concert, 93, Journal, his, 101, 116, 147, 161, 182, 184, 219 (note-book), 71, 123, 165, Kindliness and humility, 88, Lawsuits, 145, Line extinct on male side, 118, Laughter, virtuoso in, 135, Last words of, 210, Library, 140, Life-work of, 71, 160, Life-drama, 162, Letters to publishers, 193, Litigation over nephew, 111, Life, a difficult problem, 101, Love affairs of, 60, 87-88, "Last five symphonies," 226, Landmark in music, 223, Ménage, the, 111, 116, Mother, his, 6; death of, 9, Muse, his, 145, Musical library, 139, Mental processes of, 15, Mysticism, his, 96, 195, Nature, love of, 122, Naïveté of, 135, Optimism, his, 98, Opera, early familiarity with, 14, Orchestra, and the, 3, 14, 75, Organist, as, 7, the Philosopher, 52, as Patriot, 104-105, Philosophy, gist of, 218, and Persian literature, 140, Quartets, his, 98, Republicanism, his, 41, 81, 146, Repartee, ready in, 136, Religion, his, 219, Rhenish ancestry, 121, Servants, difficulties with, 184, 186, 188, Seer, the, 163, 195, 217, 236, Scherzo, and the, 33, 34, Sarcastic moods, his, 187, Spiritual insight, 97, 194, Strenuousness, his, 121, Sonatas, 98, 145, Social successes, 27, Symphonies of, language of buoyant mood, 98, Sociological questions, 165, Solitary life, 86, 208, Subtleties, in works of, 232, Sketch-books, 18, 27, 32, 49, 85, 97, 122, 123, 147, the Symphonist, 49, 75, Two masses, 124, Teaching, dislike of, 80, Tone-poet, 191, Unique work of, 38, Virtuosity of, 63-64, Works, happy ending to, 164, Work, his one resource, 206, Work, significance of his, 220, Will, codicil added, 209, World, a difficult problem to, 184, World-weary, 236, World, at odds with the, 24, World, withdrawing from, 97, World, "the play with it," 97. Beethoven, Johann van, 93, 94, 199, 204, 208, 215, marries his housekeeper, 95, as Landed proprietor, 136, Sordidness of, 200, his cupidity, 202, his wife, 199, 204. Beethoven, Karl van, brother of composer, 86, marriage of, 65, dies, 110, his widow, 110, 186. Beethoven, Karl van, nephew of composer, 110, et seq., 116, 180, 182, 198, 199, 207-208, 210, 215, 219, after career of, 117, Posterity of, 117, Waywardness of, 196-197. Beklemmt, cavatina B♭ quartet, 194. Bergman, C., 166. Berlioz, 232. Bernadotte, Gen., 43, 45; king of Sweden, 43. Bigot, Marie, virtuosity of, 63. Black Spaniards, house of, 204. Boehm, J., violinist, 195. Boehme, Madame, 13. Bohemia, Baths of, 88. Bonn, 13, 16, 17, 18, 23, 31, 37, 80, 82, 88, University, 10, Old Roman city, 4. Boswell, 130. Bouilly, 49. Brahma, 97. Brentano, Bettina, 87. Breuning, Stephen von, 11, 13, 56, 174 et seq., 198, 205, 209, 210, Madame von, 11-13, family, 17. British Museum, 27. Broadwood piano, Beethoven's, 135-136. Brotherhood of man, 40. Browne, Count, 26, 62. Bruno, Giordano, 73, 132. Brunswick, Count, 27, 44, 68, 71, Therese, 60, 66, 67, 86-87, engaged to Beethoven, 71-72, founds home for children, 72. Buddha, 164, 223. Bundeslied, 142.