Kuhlau, Friedrich, the distinguished flute-player, a great admirer of Beethoven's music.
Kühnel, in Leipzig. See Hofmeister.
Laibach, the Philharmonic Society of.
Landrecht, Beethoven's address to the honorable members of the.
Leidesdorf, M.J., composer and music publisher in Vienna, a subscriber to the great address presented to Beethoven in 1824.
Leipzig "Allgemeine Zeitung," established in 1798; its remarks at first unfavorable towards Beethoven.
Lichnowsky, Count Moritz, brother of Prince Carl Lichnowsky, and, like him, the friend and patron of Beethoven. Schindler, in his "Biography," i. 241, n., relates as follows:-- "The acute perception of the Count led him, on a nearer acquaintance with the work, to surmise that it had been written with some special intentions. On being questioned on this matter, the author replied that he had intended to set the Count's love-story to music, and that if he needed titles for it, he might write over the first piece, 'Fight between Head and Heart,' and over the second, 'Conversation with the Loved One.' After the death of his first wife, the Count had fallen deeply in love with a distinguished opera singer, but his friends protested against such an alliance. After a contest of many years' duration, however, he at last succeeded, in 1816, in removing all hindrances to their union."
Lichnowsky, Prince Carl, a friend and pupil of Mozart, and afterwards a most zealous patron of Beethoven in Vienna (died April 15, 1814).
Liechtenstein, Princess, in Vienna, Beethoven's patroness.
Linke, born 1783, a distinguished violoncello player, member of the Rasumowsky Quartets.