Beethoven, a character study; together with Wagner's indebtedness to Beethoven
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A character study with "Wagner's Indebtedness to Beethoven."I. Early Promise II. The Morning of Life III. The New PathIV. 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. Methods of Composition XII. Sense of Humor XIII. Missa Solemnis XIV. Ninth Symphony XV. Capacity for Friendship XVI. The Day's Trials XVII. Last Quartets XVIII. In the Shadows XIX. Life's Purport
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- E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Karina Aleksandrova, Ralph Janke, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- BEETHOVEN
- A CHARACTER STUDY
- WAGNER'S INDEBTEDNESS TO BEETHOVEN
- GEORGE ALEXANDER FISCHER
- TO THE MEMORY OF My father
- CONTENTS
- BEETHOVEN
- CHAPTER I
- EARLY PROMISE
- CHAPTER II
- THE MORNING OF LIFE
- CHAPTER III
- THE NEW PATH
- CHAPTER IV
- HEROIC SYMPHONY
- CHAPTER V
- FIDELIO
- CHAPTER VI
- THE ETERNAL FEMININE
- CHAPTER VII
- VICTORY FROM DEFEAT
- CHAPTER VIII
- MEETING WITH GOETHE
- CHAPTER IX
- OPTIMISTIC TREND
- CHAPTER X
- AT THE ZENITH OF HIS FAME
- CHAPTER XI
- METHODS OF COMPOSITION
- CHAPTER XII
- SENSE OF HUMOR
- CHAPTER XIII
- MISSA SOLEMNIS
- CHAPTER XIV
- NINTH SYMPHONY
- CHAPTER XV
- CAPACITY FOR FRIENDSHIP
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE DAY'S TRIALS
- CHAPTER XVII
- LAST QUARTETS
- CHAPTER XVIII
- IN THE SHADOWS
- CHAPTER XIX
- LIFE'S PURPORT
- WAGNER'S INDEBTEDNESS TO BEETHOVEN
- FOREWORD
- INDEX
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