Abaco, Giuseppe dall': "Componimento

per Musica," I, 14.

Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey: I, 139.
Abercrombie, General: Not commemorated
in the "Eroica," II, 25.

"Abyssian Prince": Sobriquet of Bridge-
tower, II, 11.

Achâts, Duc des : III, 101, 232.

Adamberger, Antonie: Studies "Egmont"
music with B., II, 171.

Adams, Mrs. Mehetabel: Provides funds
for Thayer's researches, I, x.

Addison, John: Partner of J. B. Cramer:
II, 318.

Addison, Joseph : Quoted, I, 323.
"Adelheit von Veltheim": Opera by Neefe,
I, 37.

"Agnes Bernauer": II, 61.
Albrechtsberger

Gives instruction to B.,
I, 155 et seq.; "Anweisung zur Composi-
tion," 155, 190; II, 380.
"Alceste": Opera by Gluck, I, 86.
"Alchymist, Der": Opera by Schuster, I,
31, 107, 108.

Aldrich, Richard: Dedication; II, 333.
Alexander, Czar of Russia : Dedication of
Sonatas for Pianoforte and Violin, I, 365;
II, 20, 805; III, 49, 86.

"Alexander" : Opera-text (by Schikane-
der?), II, 20.

"Alexander's Feast" : Oratorio by Handel,
III, 182.

'Alfred the Great" : Suggested to B. as
subject for an opera, III, 118.
Allègre, d': French Commander, I, 6.
"Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung" :
Criticisms on B's. works, I, 305, 306, 307;
taken to task by B., I, 282, 287. (See
INDEX TO COMPOSITIONS.)

Alstädter, Count : Music-lover in Bonn,
I, 38.

Altmann, W. : "Ein vergessenes Streich-
quartett von B.", I, 349.

"Amant jaloux, L'" : Opera by Grétry, I,
31, 107.
Ambroggio: III, 77.

Amenda, Karl F. : I, 210; his life, 233; plans
trip to Italy with B., 234; death of, 234;
receives Quartet in F from B., 235, 272 et
seq.; letter from B., 297; II, 314.

"Ami de la Maison, L'": Opera by Grétry,
I, 31, 86.

"Amitié à l'Épreuve, L'": Opera by
Grétry, I, 31.

"Amore artigiano, L'": Opera by Gass-
mann, I, 46.

"Amor marinaro, L'": Opera by Weigl,
I, 235.

"Amor's Guckkasten": Opera by Neefe,
I, 36.

"Amour filial, L'": Opera by Gaveaux,
II. 37.

"Analgilda": Opera, I, 14.

Andante and Andantino: B. asks differ-
ence between, II, 246.

André Opera, "Der Antiquitäten-Samm-
ler," I, 32.

André, Joseph : I, 357.
Anfossi

Opera, "Il Geloso in Cimento,"
I, 32; "L'Avaro inamorato," I, 108.
Anschütz, Actor: Delivers funeral oration
for B., III, 312.

"Antiquitäten-Sammler, Der": Opera by
André, I, 32.

Antoine, d' Operas, "Das tartarische
Gesetz," I. 31; "Das Mädchen im Eich-
thale" ("Maid of the Oaks"), I, 32; "Ende
gut, Alles gut," I, 109.

Anton, Archduke: Dedication of March
in D, II, 160.

Anton, Prince of Saxony: III, 96, 141.
Antwerp Beethoven families living in, I,

42.

"Apotheke, Die" : Opera by Neefe, I, 31,
36.

"Apotheosis in the Temple of Jupiter

Ammon": Drama by Sporchil, III, 118.
Appleby, Samuel : I, 218; on Rasoumow-
sky Quartets, II, 75.

Appony, Count : Asks B. for quartet, I,
187, 274.

"Arbore di Diana, L'": Opera by Martini,
I, 107.

"Argene, Regina di Granata" : Opera by
Reicha, I, 310.

"Ariadne auf Naxos": Musical drama by
Benda, I, 29, 107, 108

"Ariodante": Opera by Méhul, II, 23.
"Arlequino fortunato": Pantomime, I,
26.

"Armida": Opera by Salieri, I, 86.
Ärndtetanz. See AERNDTETANZ.
Arneth, von, archeologist : II, 171.
Arnim, Bettina von (Brentano): I, 197;
said to have been in love with B., 318;
II, her association with B. and Goethe,
178 et seq.; controversy over her letters,
179 et seq.; letters to Goethe, 180, 190;
letter to Pückler-Muskau, 180; "Ilius
Pamphilius," 184; makes B's acquaintance,
185; letter from B., 186, 190; her ad-
miration reported to B. by Goethe, 198;
with her husband at Teplitz, 222, 223; de-
scribes arrival of B. and Goethe, 226, 282.
Arnold, Samuel J. : II, 310.
Arrangements : B's opinion on, I, 349, 350.
Artaria and Co., Publishers: I, 202, 203;
charged with unauthorized publication of
a quintet, 293 et seq., 355; original pur-
chasers of Heiligenstadt Will, 351; the
Mass in D, III, 65.

Attwood, Thomas : II, 12.

Aubert, F. S. A.: Opera "Esther," I, 14.
Auernhammer, Mme. : II, 2.
Auersperg, Prima donna : I, 172.
Augarten Concerts: I, 238; II, 2, 42,
Austria: Invaded by Napoleon, I, 149; court
of, not invited to subscribe to the Mass
in D, III, 103; musical culture of the no-
bility in, I, 166; dance-music of, II, 122.
Autographs: B's indifference to his, I, 141.
"Avaro inamorato": Opera by Anfossi,
I, 108.

Averdonk, Johanna Helena, Court singer :
I, 24; pupil of Johann van B., 49; sings at
B's first concert. 59, 67; Severin, author
of text of Funeral Cantata, I, 131.
"Axur": Opera by Salieri, I, 109, 163.
Ayrton, G. II, 370.

"Azalia": Opera by Johann Küchler, I, 32.

"Bacchus": Opera-book by Rudolph von
Berger, II, 314.

"Bacco, Diane ed il Reno": Serenata, I, 26.
Bach, C. P. E. : I, 13, 35; "Versuch, etc.,'
70, 159; "The Israelites in the Wilderness,'
II, 388.

Bach, Dr. Johann B. : II, 377; III, 24, 30,
115; advises Schindler to write biography
of B., 198; instructed by B. to make
Nephew Karl his heir, 278.
Bach, Johann Sebastian : I, 13, 35; "Well-
Tempered Clavichord," 69, 143; B. on the
publication of his works, 281, 286; B. sub-
scribes for destitute daughter of, 287;
publication project, 303, 304; relief for the
daughter, 308; B. offers to publish a com-
position for her benefit, 308; II, 355; "Art
of Fugue," III, 123; "Not a brook but
an ocean," 203.

B-a-c-h : Overtures on, III, 123, 147.

Baden B. gives concert for benefit of suf-
ferers from conflagration, II, 225.
Baillot, Pierre: Visits B., II, 55.
Barbaja, Manager of operas : I, 320; III, 77
wants an opera from B., 119.

"Barbiere di Siviglia, Il": Opera by
Paisiello, I, 108; opera by Rossini, III, 77.
Baroni Opera "La Moda," I, 27.

Bates, Joah Bridgetower turns music for,
II, 12.

"Bathmendi": Opera by Liechtenstein, I,

304.

Bathyany, Count : I, 168.

Batka, Johann : I, 342.

Battle music : Popularity of, II, 252.
Bauer, Harold : I, xviii, 140.
Bäuerle, Adolph: II, 359.

"Baum der Diana, Der" (L'Arbore di
Diana): Opera by Martini, I, 107.
Baumeister: Letters to, 218,
Baumgarten, Major: III, 42.

Bavaria, King of Dedication of Choral
Fantasia, II, 207, 209; declines to sub-
scribe for Mass in D, III, 99.

Bechstein: "Natural History of Birds";
B. asks for, II, 148.

Beethoven, ancestry of the family in Bel-
gium I, 42, 43, 44; William (great-great-
grandfather of the composer), 42; Henry
Adelard (great-grandfather), 42; Louis,
Louis Jacob, 42; Beethoven families in
Bonn before the arrival of the composer's
grandfather (Cornelius, Cornelius (2nd),
Michael), 44; branch of the family in Ma-
lines, 44.

Beethoven Association of New York: Pro-
motes publication of this work, I, xviii, 140.
Beethoven-Haus Verein, in Bonn: I, xii,
xvii, 52; custodian of portrait of B's
mother, 51; B's quartet of instruments,
277; of the portrait of Countess Brunswick,
318.

Beethoven, Johann, father of the com-
poser: Petitions for appointment as Court
Musician, I, 11; appointed, 13; is promised
salary, 17; petitions for salary, 18; salary
increased, 22; petitions for allowance of
grain, 25; date of birth, 45; displeases his
father by marrying, 47; education of, 47;
enters Electoral chapel, 48; teaches music,
48; addicted to drink, 49; appearance of,
49; marries, 49; lodgings and neighbors in
Bonn, 51, 75; alleged portrait of, 51; chil-
dren of, 51; falsifies the age of the composer,
55; describes his domestic conditions, 55;
death of his mother, 56; birth of a daughter,
67; domestic misfortunes, 72; length of
court service, 73; status in chapel of Max
Franz, 83; treatment of the composer, 85;
birth of a daughter, 88; her death, 97;
death of his wife, 93; petitions for advance
on salary, 93; helped by Franz Ries, 95;
rescued from police by the composer, 104;
part of salary assigned to the composer,

104; embezzles money of his son, 149;
dissipation, 148; news of his death re-
ceived by the composer, 148; his wife,
Maria Magdalena Keverich, widow Laym,
49; appearance and character of, 50; the
composer's love for her, 50; alleged portrait
of, 51; death mourned by the composer,
92; record of her death, 93.
Beethoven, Johann Nikolaus, brother
of the composer : Vol. I. Birth of, 57; ap-

prenticed to an apothecary, 104; 190, 191,
265; looks for bank shares after composer's
death, 326; comes into possession of Heili-
genstadt Will, 351; his name omitted from
the document, 352; defended by the author,
357 et seq.; described by Frau Karth, 358.—
Vol. II. Demands return of loan from the
composer, 114; purchases apothecary shop
in Linz, 115; profits from dealing with the
French army, 115; visited by the composer,
230; the composer interferes with his
domestic affairs, 230 et seq.; defeats his
brother by marrying his housekeeper. 232.
-Vol. III. Buys estate near Gneixen-
dorf, 19; cuts a ridiculous figure in Vienna,
66; takes his brother's compositions as
security for loan, 66; defense of his actions
by the author, 68; seeks reconciliation with
his brother, and offers home in Gneixen-
dorf, 69; letter, 72; charged with dishonest
conduct by his brother, 111, 112; his wife's
misconduct, 132; 134; completes trans-
action with Schott and Sons for his brother,
180; B. warns a visitor against him, 182;
offers B. a home in the country, 237; con-
dones his wife's licentiousness, 238; the
cause of B's hatred of his wife, 238; takes
action against his wife, 239; persuades
B. to go to Gneixendorf, 266; his wife
accused of improper intimacy with her
nephew, 269; date of his wife's death, 270;
makes Nephew Karl his sole heir, 270; in
constant attendance on B. during his last
illness, 276; wrongly accused by Schindler
of inhuman niggardliness, 287.
Beethoven, Karl Kaspar, brother of the
composer: Vol. I. Birth, 57; intended for
musical profession, 103; 191; official career
of, 265; composes music, 266; letters to
publishers, 295, 348, 357; charged with
surreptitious sale of B's works, 350; the
Heiligenstadt Will, 353; defended from
charge of wrongdoing, 357 et seq.; appear-
ance of, 358; Ries's charge of misconduct,
361. Vol. II. Accused by Simrock, 13;
marriage of, 65; end of business relations
with the composer, 143; illness of, 241; ap-
points the composer and his widow guard-
ians of his son, 241; his illness compels B. to
postpone his trip to England, 251, 313; death
of, 320, 321; will of, 320, 321; appoints Lud-
wig guardian of his son, 320; von Breuning
warns B. against him, 322; admonishes
widow and brother to mutual forbearance,

317

321; his wife, Theresia (Johanna) Reiss,
marries, 65; her infidelity, 65; inherits her
husband's property, 320; made guardian
under will, 321; appointed by court, 322;
B. secures her removal as co-guardian, 331;
court grants her permission to see her son,
332; compelled to share in expense of her
son's education, 368; efforts to see her
son, 372, 393; her son encouraged to revile
her, 396; seeks to gain possession of her
son, 400; her testimony in court, 406, 407.
-Vol. III. Reprehensible conduct, 67; B.
adopts conciliatory attitude towards, 170,
171. (For further details of her contest
for her son, her efforts to gain possession
of him, care for his education, etc., see
Guardianship and Karl van Beethoven, un-
der LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN.)
Beethoven, Karl, nephew of the composer :
Vol. I, disposes of picture of Countess
Brunswick, 335.-Vol. II. His father de-
clares wish that mother and uncle be his
guardians, 241; sent to Giannatasio's in-
stitute, 332; surgical operation on, 341;
receives inheritance from Joseph Hametsch,
353; instructed in music by Czerny, 374;
placed in care of a priest at Mödling, 392;
encouraged to revile his mother, 396; dis-
missed from the priest's class, 397; runs
away from his uncle. 402; testimony in
court, 407; returned to Giannatasio's care,
410. Vol. III. Returns to his mother, 1;
studies under private tutor, 4; runs away
from the institute, 33; B. names him as
his heir, 115, 132; B's pride in his attain-
ments, 135; philological student at uni-
versity, 171; encouraged in disingenuous-
ness by B., 172; spends summer with his
uncle, 184; runs away from home, 184;
translates "God Save the King" for B.,
209; date of his death, 230: his wayward-
ness, 250 et seq.; B's appealing letters, 250,
254; leaves university for Polytechnic
Institute, 250, 251; evil companionship
and amusements, 252; held to strict
accountability, 253; discipline becomes irk-
some, 255; upbraids and attacks his uncle,
256; B's suspicion of a suicidal purpose,
257; prepares to kill himself, 258; shoots
himself, 258 et seq.; effect of the attempt
on B., 260, 261; reasons for the attempt,
261; his future discussed by B. and his
friends, 262, 263 et seq.; B's fear of police
inquiry, 263; Karl defends his mother, 264;
life at Gneixendorf, 267 et seq.; accused of
improper intimacy with his aunt, 269;
made sole heir of his uncle Johann's estate,
270; slandered in regard to his care of B.
in last illness, 273 et seq.; preparations for
a military career, 277; quarrels with B. on
eve of his departure from Vienna, 278;
made heir by B's will, 278; letter to B., 279;
inheritance under B's formal will, 303.
(For further details as to education, con-

test for his possession, etc., see foregoing
and sub-title Guardianship under BEET-
HOVEN, LUDWIG VAN.) His widow visited
by Thayer, I, xi; 192; possessor of Mähler
portrait, II, 16; asks for money deposited
as forfeit by Prince George Galitzin, III,
230; her daughter, Hermine, 231.
Beethoven, Louis (Ludwig) van, grand-
father of the composer: As Court Musician
at Bonn, receives increase of salary, I, 10,
14; appointed Chapelmaster, 17; petitions
for salary for his son, 18; demands obedi-
ence from his musicians, 21; Joseph Dem-
mer appointed to his place as Court Musi-
cian, 22; Lucchesi succeeds him as Chapel-
master, 23; parentage and baptism, 42;
leaves home in Antwerp and becomes
church singer in Louvain, 43; appointed
singing-master at St. Peter's, 43; becomes
Court Musician at Bonn, 43; marries, 45;
his children, 45; services in Electoral
Chapel, 45, 46; success as opera-singer, 46;
last appearance, 47; death of, 47; an in-
ebriate wife, 47; displeased at son's mar-
riage, 47, 50; death of widow, 56; length of
court service, 73; composer asks for his
portrait, 301; B's affectionate remembrance
of him, III, 184.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, the composer:

Birth of, date and place, I, xvii, 51, 53;
controversy about house in which he was
born, 51, 55, 56; disputed dates, 53; record
of baptism, 53; his mistaken belief, I, 54;
II, 177; age of, falsified by his father, 55;
reputed son of the King of Prussia, III,
214, 243.

Annuity and Shares of Bank Stock: An-
nuity granted by noble friends, I, 298, 299;
II, 137 et seq.; disappointed by subscribers,
170; Kinsky fails to meet obligation, 172;
B. collects from Kinsky at Teplitz, 205;
reduction by depreciation of currency, 211
et seq.; payments by Archduke Rudolph,
217, 219; B. collects from Kinsky's heirs,
222; non-payment by Kinsky and Lobko-
witz, 242 et seq.; Kinsky and Rudolph
agree to pay in notes of redemption, 242;
B. blames Rudolph for getting him into
the contract, 250, 266; controversy with
Kinsky's heirs, 259, 288, 289; settlement,
306; sums received by B. from the sub-
scribers till his death, 306; honorable con-
duct of Kinsky and Lobkowitz, and B's
aspersions on their character, 308; B.
seeks advice as to his right to leave Austria
under the contract, 366; last collection of
the annuity, III, 295; bank stock owned
by B. at time of death, I, 326; II, 379; B.
objects to its use for his benefit, III, 114,
290; discovered after his death, 309.

Character, traits of, and illustrative acts:
Vol. I, 83, 179; fondness for punning, 183;
disposition as teacher, 120, 121, 201, 314;
forgets his riding-horse, 200, 221; relations

with musicians in Vienna, 240, 241; study of
his character, 245 et seq.; exaggerations of
biographers, 245; extremes in his moral
nature and temperament, 246; conse-
quences of defective education, 246; ignor-
ance of the value of money, 247; lack of
independence in judgment, 247; high ideals,
247; pride, 248; sometime ungenerous
treatment of friends, 248, 298; wish to be
relieved of financial cares, 249; attitude
towards transcriptions, 250; towards criti-
cism, 250; susceptibility to flattery, 251;
love of nature, 251; attractive to young
people, 251; indifference to games of chance,
252; love of poetry, 254; his letter-writing,
255; manner of composing, 258 et seq.; care-
lessness about dates, 281, 331, 344; recom-
mends virtue to his brothers, 353; may
have used his brothers as screen, 363.

Vol. II. Displeased because not placed
at prince's table, 32; suspicious nature,
62, 63; carelessness about dates, 66; pride
leads him to leave Prince Lichnowsky in
anger, 68, 69; takes umbrage at being asked
to play for French officers, 68, 69; Dr.
Bertolini on his dilatoriness and lack of
etiquette, 80; protests against holding im-
proper relations with married women, 85;
his opinion of his predecessors, 89; violence
of temper, throws a dish of food in a waiter's
face, 91; feelings toward his relations, 91;
indifference to his own manuscripts, 92;
uncouth and awkward, 92; ignorance of
monetary matters, 92; peculiarities de-
scribed by Seyfried, 93 et seq.; dislike of
being disturbed at work, 93; fondness for
punning, 95; his handwriting, 95; de-
nounces his friends as "princely rabble,"
105, 127; hatred of French, 117; longing
for opera-texts, 118; disingenuous treat-
ment of friends, 123; hypochondria, 126;
orchestra refuses to play under him, 128;
violent gesticulations when conducting, 128;
his suspicious nature, 130; withholds help
from Ries, 140; affectionate concern for
Breuning, 155; domestic tribulations, 155;
love of poetry, 147; influences which created
his moods, 163 et seq.; normally cheerful,
163; a new infatuation makes him attentive
to dress, 173; his only animal pet, 174;
refuses to accept commission on sale of a
pianoforte, 174; conviviality, 175; "electri-
cal by nature," 182, 189; how music came
to him, 188; love of nature, 193; Goethe's
description of him, 224; self-esteem, 226;
finds fault with his friends, 237; longing
for domesticity, 240; unthrifty habits, 244;
rails at Archduke Rudolph for getting him
an annuity, 250; whimsical designations
for his friends, 280; absent-mindedness,
287; Weissenbach's description of him,
294; condemns popular virtuosi, 298; his
puns, 214, 286; aspersions on the character
of Princes Kinsky and Lobkowitz, 307;