[7]Pfeiffer was a tenor singer in the opera at Bonn.
[8]Van den Eeden was organist at the Court Chapel and an old friend of Beethoven’s grandfather.
[9]Neefe succeeded Van den Eeden as organist, and when he in turn gave up the position, he left Beethoven in charge of the organ.
[10]Seven Mountains.
[11]A castle on the Rhine, twenty-two miles from Cologne.
[12]Königswinter is seven miles from Bonn, and is the favorite resort of tourists to the “Sieben Gebirge,” a mountainous region famous for its picturesque beauty.
[13]Dr. Wegeler was a physician of Bonn, who subsequently married Eleonora von Breuning, a daughter in the Breuning family, Beethoven’s devoted friends.
[14]Beethoven had four brothers, viz.: Ludwig Maria, born April 1, 1769; Caspar Anton Carl, April 7, 1774; Nikolaus Johann, Oct. 1, 1776; August Franz Georg, Jan. 16, 1781; and two sisters, the elder of whom, born Feb. 23, 1779, lived only four days, and Maria Margaretha Josepha, born May 4, 1786.
[15]Reader.
[16]“Auf wiedersehen,” or, “till we see each other again,” equivalent to the French “Au revoir.”