TO THE MEMORY OF
My father

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I. Early Promise[1]
II. The Morning of Life[19]
III. The New Path[30]
IV. Heroic Symphony[40]
V. Fidelio[46]
VI. The Eternal Feminine[58]
VII. Victory from Defeat[73]
VIII. Meeting with Goethe[80]
IX. Optimistic Trend[93]
X. At the Zenith of His Fame[102]
XI. Methods of Composition[119]
XII. Sense of Humor[132]
XIII. Missa Solemnis[143]
XIV. Ninth Symphony[162]
XV. Capacity for Friendship[174]
XVI. The Day's Trials[184]
XVII. Last Quartets[191]
XVIII. In the Shadows[203]
XIX. Life's Purport[216]

WAGNER'S INDEBTEDNESS TO BEETHOVEN

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INDEX[237]

BEETHOVEN

CHAPTER I

EARLY PROMISE

God acts upon earth only by means of superior chosen men.

—Herder: Ideas Toward a History of Mankind.