CHAPTER I.

BEETHOVEN’S YOUTH AND EARLIEST EFFORTS.

Birth and Baptism--His Family--Young Beethoven’s Character--His Brothers Karl and Johann--Early Talent for Music--Appears in Public at the Age of Seven--Errors as to His Age--Travels in Holland--Studies the Organ in Vienna--His Fame Foretold--His Personal Appearance--Meets Mozart--Mozart’s Opinion of Him--Maximilian, Elector of Cologne, and Mozart--Beethoven’s Intellectual Training--Madame von Breuning--First Love--Beethoven and Hayden--Compositions written in Vienna 9-39