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Corrected spelling of Maelzel's invention in one
place from 'Panharmonican' to 'Panharmonicon'.
2. In the index, corrected 'Krumpholtz' to
'Krumpholz', 'Origen of the dance' to 'Origin of
the dance', and 'Neafe' to 'Neefe'.


BEETHOVEN
A Character Study together with Wagner's Indebtedness to Beethoven
by
GEORGE ALEXANDER FISCHER
Es kann die Spur von meinen Erdentagen
Nicht in Aeonen untergehn.
GOETHE.
New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
The Trow Press, New York
1905



[Illustration: BEETHOVEN]

TO THE MEMORY OF
My father


CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. Early Promise
II. The Morning of Life
III. The New Path
IV. Heroic Symphony
V. Fidelio
VI. The Eternal Feminine
VII. Victory from Defeat
VIII. Meeting with Goethe
IX. Optimistic Trend
X. At the Zenith of His Fame
XI.


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