"Queen of the Night." See Beethoven's sister-in-law.
Radziwill, Prince, at Berlin, a devoted patron of music and the composer of music to "Faust."
Rampel, Beethoven's copyist about the year 1824.
Rasumowsky, Count, afterwards Prince, Russian ambassador at Vienna, an ardent lover of music.
Recke, Elise von der, the well-known poetess.
Reisser, vice-director of the Polytechnic Institution at Vienna, co-guardian of Beethoven's nephew in the year 1825.
Religious and moral sentiments on particular subjects.
Rellstab, Ludwig, a writer and poet, for many years editor of the "Vossische Zeitung," in Berlin.
Ries, Ferdinand, son of the preceding, a pupil of Beethoven and a distinguished composer. Quitted Vienna in 1805, and, with the exception of a short residence there, on his return from Russia in the autumn of 1808, never again returned to that capital (Schindler, i. 227).
Ries, Franz, Court musician to the Elector of Cologne, a helpful friend to Beethoven (born 1755).