The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I
CHAPTER X. Beethoven’s Creative Activity in Bonn--An
Inquiry into the Genesis of Many Compositions--The Cantatas on the Death of Joseph II and the Elevation of Leopold II--Vicissitudes of These Compositions--A Group of Songs--The “Ritterballet” and Other Instrumental Works--Several Chamber Compositions--The String Trio, Op. 3, Carried to England--Manuscripts Taken by Beethoven from Bonn to Vienna 129