Introduction

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Chapter 1 Pt. 1 Fall of the Ecclesiastical-Civil States in Germany

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Chapter 1 Pt. 2 The Electors of Cologne in the Eighteenth Century

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Chapter 1 Pt. 3 The Electoral Courts and Their Music

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Chapter 1 Pt. 4 Earliest Records of the Beethovens

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Chapter 1 Pt. 5 Musical Culture in Bonn at the Time of Ludwig van Beethoven’s B…

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Chapter 2 Beethoven’s Ancestors in Belgium

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Chapter 3 Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven

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Chapter 4 Early Employment of His Talent and Skill

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Chapter 5 Musical Culture in the Austrian Imperial Family

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Chapter 6 A Period of Artistic Inactivity in Bonn

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Chapter 7 Beethoven Brought Under Refining Influences

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Chapter 8 Beethoven’s Associates in the Court Orchestra

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Chapter 9 The Last Three Years of Beethoven’s Life in Bonn

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Chapter 10 Beethoven’s Creative Activity in Bonn

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Chapter 11 Beethoven in Vienna

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Chapter 12 Music in Vienna at the Time of Beethoven’s Arrival There

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Chapter 13 Beethoven in Society

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Chapter 14 The Years 1796 and 1797

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Chapter 15 Compositions of 1798 and 1799

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Chapter 16 Beethoven’s Social Life in Vienna

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Chapter 17 Beethoven’s Character and Personality

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Chapter 18 His First Concert on His Own Account

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Chapter 19 The Year 1801

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Chapter 20 Important Letters of 1801

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Chapter 21 Beethoven’s Love-Affairs

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Chapter 21 Postscript

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Chapter 22 Pt. 1 The Year 1802

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Chapter 22 Pt. 2 A Defence of Brothers Johann and Karl Kaspar

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