Birth and Baptism--His Family--Young Beethoven’s Character--His Brothers Karl and Johann--Early Talent for Music--Appears in Public at the Age of Seven--Errors as to His Age--Travels in Holland--Studies the Organ in Vienna--His Fame Foretold--His Personal Appearance--Meets Mozart--Mozart’s Opinion of Him--Maximilian, Elector of Cologne, and Mozart--Beethoven’s Intellectual Training--Madame von Breuning--First Love--Beethoven and Hayden--Compositions written in Vienna 9-39 Music in Vienna--Society in Vienna--Beethoven’s Dedications--Lichnowsky--The Eroica and Fidelio--Beethoven’s First Great Exploits--Plans for Future Work--Decides to Remove to the North--New Compositions--His Improvisations…
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