CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface[v]
Introduction by Edward Carpenter[ix]
List of Illustrations[xix]
His Life[1]
His Will[57]
Letters
To Carl Amenda[65]
To Fräulein Gerardi[68]
To Frl. Eleonore von Breuning[69]
To Dr. Wegeler[72]
" ""[78]
To Capellmeister Hofmeister[81]
Wegeler and Eleonore von Breuning to Beethoven[84]
To Dr. Wegeler[91]
To Sir George Smart in London[92]
To I. Moscheles in London[93]
" " ""[94]
Schindler to Messrs. Schott[96]

Thoughts[101]
His Works (By the Editor)
The Nine Symphonies[109]
The Pianoforte Sonatas[133]
The Sonatas for Violin and Pianoforte[169]
The String Quartets[179]
Bibliography[195]
Classification of Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas[209]
List of Beethoven's Works[213]
Index[239]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1.
Beethoven at the age of 21
From a miniature by Gerhard von Kügelgen.
[Frontispiece]
2.
Beethoven at the Age of 48
From a painting by Kloeber.
[facing p. 40]
3.

Beethoven at the Age of 44
From an engraving by Blasius Hoefel
after the drawing by Louis Letronne, 1814.
" [64]

4.
Page of Autograph of Moonlight Sonata
in Beethoven House at Bonn
"[ 100]