CHAPTER II.

THE EROICA AND FIDELIO.

Music in Vienna--Society in Vienna--Beethoven’s Dedications--Lichnowsky--The Eroica and Fidelio--Beethoven’s First Great Exploits--Plans for Future Work--Decides to Remove to the North--New Compositions--His Improvisations--Disappointments in North Germany--Prince Louis Ferdinand--Makes His Home in Austria--Neglects His Health--His Deafness--Origin of the Eroica--Napoleon I--Bernadotte--The Symphony in C Minor--His Deafness Again--Thoughts of Marriage--The Guicciardi Family--Meaning of His Music--His “Will”--Disappointment--Meaning of the Eroica and Fidelio--The Leonore Overture--Other Compositions 40-81