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. 
Beethoven, Johann van, 93, 94, 199, 204, 208, 215,
  marries his housekeeper, 95,
  as Landed proprietor, 136,
  Sordidness of, 200,
  his cupidity, 202,
  his wife, 199, 204. 
Beethoven, Karl van, brother of composer, 86,
  marriage of, 65,
  dies, 110,
  his widow, 110, 186. 
Beethoven, Karl van, nephew of composer, 110, et seq., 116, 180, 182,
     198, 199, 207-208, 210, 215, 219,
  after career of, 117,
  Posterity of, 117,
  Waywardness of, 196-197. 
Beklemmt, cavatina B quartet, 194. 
Bergman, C., 166. 
Berlioz, 232. 
Bernadotte, Gen., 43, 45; king of Sweden, 43. 
Bigot, Marie, virtuosity of, 63. 
Black Spaniards, house of, 204. 
Boehm, J., violinist, 195. 
Boehme, Madame, 13. 
Bohemia, Baths of, 88. 
Bonn, 13, 16, 17, 18, 23, 31, 37, 80, 82, 88,
  University, 10,
  Old Roman city, 4. 
Boswell, 130. 
Bouilly, 49. 
Brahma, 97. 
Brentano, Bettina, 87. 
Breuning, Stephen von, 11, 13, 56, 174 et seq., 198, 205, 209, 210,
  Madame von, 11-13,
  family, 17. 
British Museum, 27. 
Broadwood piano, Beethoven’s, 135-136. 
Brotherhood of man, 40. 
Browne, Count, 26, 62. 
Bruno, Giordano, 73, 132. 
Brunswick, Count, 27, 44, 68, 71,
  Therese, 60, 66, 67, 86-87,
  engaged to Beethoven, 71-72,
  founds home for children, 72. 
Buddha, 164, 223. 
Bundeslied, 142.