The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II

Chapter I

The Year 1803--Cherubini’s Operas in Vienna--Beethoven’s Engagement at the Theater-an-der-Wien--“Christus am Ölberg” again--Bridgetower and the “Kreutzer” Sonata---Negotiations with Thomson--New Friends--Mähler’s Portrait of Beethoven.

Kotzebue, after a year of activity in Vienna as Alxinger’s successor in the direction, under the banker Baron von Braun, of the Court...