Bolderini.

Bonn, residence of the Elector of Cologne, and Beethoven’s birthplace, which he left in the year 1792, never again to visit.

Braunhofer, Dr., for some time Beethoven’s surgeon at Vienna.

Breitkopf & Haertel, the well-known book and music publishers in Leipzig.

Brentano, Bettina, became Frau von Arnim in 1811.

Brentano, Clemens, the poet.

Brentano, F.A., merchant at Frankfort, an admirer of Beethoven’s music. See also Tonie.

Breuning, Christoph von.

Breuning, Dr. Gerhard von, Court physician at Vienna, son of Stephan von
Breuning.

Breuning, Eleonore von, daughter of Councillor von Breuning, in Bonn, the friend and pupil of Beethoven; in 1802 became the wife of Dr. Wegeler, afterwards consulting physician at Coblenz.

Breuning, Frau von, widow of Councillor von Breuning, into whose house Beethoven was received as one of the family, and where he received his first musical impressions.

Breuning, Lenz (Lorenz), youngest son of the “Frau Hofrath.”

Breuning, Stephan von, of Bonn; came to Vienna in the spring of 1800, where he became councillor, and died in 1827.

Browne, Count, of Vienna, an admirer of Beethoven’s music.

Bruehl, the, a village and favorite pleasure resort near Vienna.

Brunswick, Count Franz von, of Pesth, one of Beethoven’s greatest admirers and friends in Vienna.

Bonaparte, Ludwig, King of Holland.

“Caecilia, a Journal for the Musical World,” &c.

Carl, Archduke. See Archduke Carl.

Carlsbad.

Cassel.

Castlereagh, the well-known English minister.

Cherubini.  Visited Vienna in 1805.

Clement, Franz, born 1784, died 1842, orchestral director at the “Theater an der Wien.”

Clementi.

Collin, the famous Austrian poet.

Cornega, a singer in Vienna commended to Beethoven by Schindler.

Court Theatre, Beethoven’s letter to the directors of the.

Cramer, John, the celebrated London pianist, also a music publisher.

Czerny, Carl, in Vienna, the well known writer of pianoforte studies.

Czerny, Joseph, in Vienna.

Deafness of Beethoven.

De la Motte-Fouque, the poet of “Undine,” which he had arranged as an Opera libretto for T.A.  Hoffmann.

Del Rio, Giannatasio, proprietor of an academy at Vienna, under whose care
Beethoven placed his nephew Carl from the year 1816 to 1818.

Diabelli, Anton, composer and music publisher in Vienna.

Doebling, Ober- and Unter-Doebling, near Vienna, Beethoven’s occasional summer residence.

Dresden.

Drossdick, Baroness Therese, to whom Beethoven was greatly attached.

Duport, director of the Kaernthnerthor Theatre in the year 1823.

Eisenstadt, in Hungary, the residence of Prince Esterhazy, where Beethoven remained on a visit in the years 1794 and 1808.