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| Transcriber's Notes |
| 1. Corrected spelling of Maelzel's invention in one place from 'Panharmonican' to 'Panharmonicon'. |
| 2. In the index, corrected 'Krumpholtz' to 'Krumpholz', 'Origen of the dance' to 'Origin of the dance', and 'Neafe' to 'Neefe'. |
BEETHOVEN
A CHARACTER STUDY
TOGETHER WITH
WAGNER'S INDEBTEDNESS TO BEETHOVEN
BY
GEORGE ALEXANDER FISCHER
Es kann die Spur von meinen Erdentagen Nicht in Aeonen untergehn.
Goethe.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1905
THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK
TO THE MEMORY OF
My father
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Early Promise | 1 |
| II. | The Morning of Life | 19 |
| III. | The New Path | 30 |
| IV. | Heroic Symphony | 40 |
| V. | Fidelio | 46 |
| VI. | The Eternal Feminine | 58 |
| VII. | Victory from Defeat | 73 |
| VIII. | Meeting with Goethe | 80 |
| IX. | Optimistic Trend | 93 |
| X. | At the Zenith of His Fame | 102 |
| XI. | Methods of Composition | 119 |
| XII. | Sense of Humor | 132 |
| XIII. | Missa Solemnis | 143 |
| XIV. | Ninth Symphony | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |