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Spain, 81.
Marie Antoinette, 45.
Marengo, battle of, 42.
Marlowe, Christopher, 224.
Mass, the, a great art-form, 73,
Stateliness of, 144,
Canon of, 232,
Sanctus of, 232,
Benedictus of, 232.
Mass in C, Beethoven's, 73 et seq., 160,
German version of, 147.
Mass in D, Beethoven's (or Grand Mass), 39, 47, 51, 96, 100, 123, 144, 147, 150, 160, 161, 162, 163-164, 166, 172, 183, 234, 236,
Agnus Dei, 169, 219,
Apotheosis of friendship, 146,
Benedictus, trombones in, 231,
Credo, 153, 169, 234,
Soli of, 153,
Celestial harmonies in, 235,
Congenial work to Beethoven, 146,
and the copyist, 188,
Beethoven's absorption in, 147, 160,
Christe eleison, 151,
Et incarnatus of, 234,
Interpretation by the orchestra, 150,
Lydian and Dorian modes in, 147,
Marvels of, 154,
Mysticism of, 96,
Mass, a Symphony to Wagner's view, 150,
Subscription price of, 154,
Sale of score, 182,
proceeds from, 183,
First production by Prince Galitzin, 192,
Preludium in, 232, 233,
Kyrie of, 101, 124, 151, 153, 163, 169, 171, 186, 219,
Splendor of conception of, 151,
its symphonic style, 151,
German direction in, 153,
Loss of manuscript of, 186,
its rhythm, 151.
Melusina, 160.
Mendelssohn, 232, 236.
Messiah, The, 139.
Metaphysical, 2.
Metronome, inventor of, 104.
Metternich, Prince, 102.
Meyerbeer, 105, 225.
Minorites, church of, 7, 211.
Minuet, the, 133.
Mödling, 147.
Monasteries, old chorales of, 147.
"Moonlight" Sonata, 35-36.
Moscheles, 103, 105,
and piano arrangement of Fidelio, 106.
Mount of Olives, 35.
Mozart, 9, 20, 22, 28, 33, 46, 48, 50-51, 79, 100, 134, 139, 225, 227,
Early death of, 191,
Genius of, 140,
his precocity, 8,
praised by Beethoven, 140,
Requiem, 51, 212,
Sonatas, 34, 139,
his widow, 31,
his operas at Bonn, 14.
Mozart's Mass in B♭, 51, 73,
Agnus Dei of, 73,
Et incarnatus of, 73,
Kyrie of, 75.
Mozart and Haydn, 11, 20, 33, 73, 74, 75, 131.
Music, its function, 4,
outward expression of, 39,
dramas, great, 231,
a language, 226, 227,
Religious, 144,
Origin in the dance, 99.
Musician, the, social obligations of, 39.
Mystery in life, 153, 225.
Mysticism, and the artistic nature, 144.
Index
Napoleon, 41, 44, 54, 83, 103, 191,
Arch-enemy of Austria, 42,
Campaign against Austria, 41, 42,
escapes from Elba, 109,
declared emperor, 44,
Greatest military achievement, 42,
In the toils, 107,
Marriage to Archduchess Maria Louisa, 102,
Marriage to Josephine, 43,
overruns Germany, 69,
takes Vienna, 54.
National opera at Bonn, 13.
Neate, Charles, 182.
Neefe, Beethoven's teacher, 6, 7, 17.
New Testament, 161.
Nietzsche, Friederich, 40, 216.
Ninth Symphony (choral), 29, 96, 100, 166, 167, 172, 181, 196, 226,
Choral finale, 170,
an outburst of joy at deliverance, 164,
First movement of, 163,
First performance in this country, 165,
Psychological problems in, 162,
Sontag, and soprano part of, 160,
Trombones in, 230,
Variations in, 157.
Nohl, 186.
North America, 166, 180.
Index
Ode to Joy, revolutionary spirit of, 165.
Odeschalchi, Princess, 61.
Opera, the, an alien soil to Beethoven, 49,
as a work of art, 50,
a combination of arts, 51.
Operatic composition, 52.
Orchestra, range and mobility of, 150,
More important than voices, 150,
its resources increased through Beethoven, 3.
Orchestral forms, development of, 99.
Ossian-like dæmonism, 149.
Ossian Songs (Schubert), 206.
Index
Pain of existence, 132.
Palestrina, 234,
Masses of, 143.
Paris Conservatoire, 16.
Parsifal, 164 (footnote), 231, 235,
mysticism of, Prelude to, 235.
Passion music, 35, 144.
Pastoral Sonata, 35.
Pastoral Symphony (see Sixth Symphony).
Patriotism and altruism, 43.
Paur, Emil, 166.
Pedal-point, 231.
Pennsylvania, Founding of, libretto, 156.
Persian literature, 140.
Pessimism, 132.
Pinnacle of greatness, 40.
Pity, and the divine in man, 164.
Plagal mode, 234.
Plato, 230,
Republic, 140.
Playing from manuscript, 10.
Philharmonic Society of New York, 166.
Philharmonic Society of London 200, 207.
Philip III, of Spain, daughter of, 204.
Prague, 9, 109.
Problem of life, 77, 164.
Prometheus, Ballet, 33, 34, 35.
Prussia, King of, 154.
Psychological element, the, 27.
Index
Quartet, the, 98, 191, 194,
Last quartets, 96, 100, 158, 191-192, 194, 195,
Mysticism of, 96, 195,
Psychological qualities of, 195, 218,
Spirituality of, 195,
Variations in, 157,
Written in great mental trouble, 194.
Quartet, in A minor, 187,
in C♯ minor, 195, 199, 203,
its dedication, 208,
in B♭, cavatina of, 194,
new finale of, 203,
see chamber-music, also Rasoumowsky quartets.
Index
Rasoumowsky, Count, 59, 63, 65, 108, 192,
Entertains Empress of Russia, 108.
Rasoumowsky quartets, 65-66, 192,
Adagio of the second, 65.
Religion and General-bass, 219.
Religious sentiment, the, 219.
Renunciation, 163.
Requiem Mass, 140, 160, 161, 209.
Ries, Ferdinand, 44, 62, 82, 83, 84, 135, 180,
Pupil of Beethoven, 80,
Prolific composer, 85,
efforts for Beethoven while in London, 181-182.
Ries, Franz, 12, 17, 82.
Rochlitz, 92, 153, 156.
Romberg, 16, 105.
Rossini, 79, 153, 166,
calls on Beethoven, 139.
Ruins of Athens, 155.
Russia, Emperor of, 36, 107, 108, 154,
Empress of, 107, 108.
Index
Saint-Saens, 232.
Saint-Simon, and the strenuous life, 206.
Salieri, 105.
Satanas in the kitchen, 185.
Saxony, King of, 154, 213.
Second period, works of, 40,
characterized by gayety, 100.
Second Symphony, 26, 36, 37,
Larghetto of, 36.
Seebald, Amalie, 87, 88,
facsimile of letter to her, opp. page 88.
Sehnsucht (Goethe's), 142.
Seidl, Anton, 166.
Sensenman, the, 116.
Seventh Symphony, 95, 96, 109,
Dance element in, 99,
First performance of, 105,
Coda of Vivace of, 97,
Hungarian peasant dance in, 96,
Weber's strictures on, 159.
Scherzo, 33, 34, 132, 133,
Peculiar to Beethoven, 133,
developed by Beethoven, 132,
makes sport of humanity in, 133-134.
Schiller, 16, 131, 141, 148, 165.
Schindler, 59, 88, 127, 136, 152, 154, 156-158, 168, 169, 171, 176, 186, 188, 203, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 213,
Beethoven's biographer, 179.
Schroeder-Devrient, 155, 159.
Schopenhauer, 22, 77, 143, 174, 229, 236,
and humor, 134.
Schubert, 8, 127, 177, 206, 210, 211,
Reverence of, for Beethoven, 178,
Calls on Beethoven, 178,
Songs of, 206.
Schuman, 136, 232.
Schuppanzich, 168, 176,
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