CHAPTER XII. Music in Vienna at the Time of Beethoven’s

Arrival There--Theatre, Church and Concert-Room--Salieri and the Royal Imperial Opera--Schikaneder’s Theater auf der Wieden--Composers and Conductors in the Imperial Capital--Paucity of Public Concerts--A Music-loving Nobility: The Esterhazys; Kinsky; Lichnowsky; von Kees; van Swieten--Private Orchestras--Composers: Haydn, Koželuch, Förster, Eberl, Vanhall--Private Theatres 163