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Fischer, George Alexander

"Beethoven"


Improvising: in Variations, 29,
Improvising at a charity concert, 93,
Journal, his, 101, 116, 147, 161, 182, 184, 219 (note-book), 71,
123, 165,
Kindliness and humility, 88,
Lawsuits, 145,
Line extinct on male side, 118,
Laughter, virtuoso in, 135,
Last words of, 210,
Library, 140,
Life-work of, 71, 160,
Life-drama, 162,
Letters to publishers, 193,
Litigation over nephew, 111,
Life, a difficult problem, 101,
Love affairs of, 60, 87-88,
"Last five symphonies," 226,
Landmark in music, 223,
Menage, the, 111, 116,
Mother, his, 6; death of, 9,
Muse, his, 145,
Musical library, 139,
Mental processes of, 15,
Mysticism, his, 96, 195,
Nature, love of, 122,
Naivete of, 135,
Optimism, his, 98,
Opera, early familiarity with, 14,
Orchestra, and the, 3, 14, 75,
Organist, as, 7,
the Philosopher, 52,
as Patriot, 104-105,
Philosophy, gist of, 218,
and Persian literature, 140,
Quartets, his, 98,
Republicanism, his, 41, 81, 146,
Repartee, ready in, 136,
Religion, his, 219,
Rhenish ancestry, 121,
Servants, difficulties with, 184, 186, 188,
Seer, the, 163, 195, 217, 236,
Scherzo, and the, 33, 34,
Sarcastic moods, his, 187,
Spiritual insight, 97, 194,
Strenuousness, his, 121,
Sonatas, 98, 145,
Social successes, 27,
Symphonies of, language of buoyant mood, 98,
Sociological questions, 165,
Solitary life, 86, 208,
Subtleties, in works of, 232,
Sketch-books, 18, 27, 32, 49, 85, 97, 122, 123, 147,
the Symphonist, 49, 75,
Two masses, 124,
Teaching, dislike of, 80,
Tone-poet, 191,
Unique work of, 38,
Virtuosity of, 63-64,
Works, happy ending to, 164,
Work, his one resource, 206,
Work, significance of his, 220,
Will, codicil added, 209,
World, a difficult problem to, 184,
World-weary, 236,
World, at odds with the, 24,
World, withdrawing from, 97,
World, "the play with it," 97.


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