The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I
CHAPTER XIII. Beethoven in Society--Success as a Virtuoso--The
Trios, Op. 1--Tender Memories of Friends in Bonn--A Letter to Leonore von Breuning--Wegeler Comes to Vienna--His Reminiscences--A Quarrel and Petition for Reconciliation--Irksome Social Conventions--Affairs of the Heart--Variations for Simrock--First Public Appearance as Pianist and Composer--The Pianoforte Concertos in C and B-flat--The Trios, Op. 1, Revised--Sonatas Dedicated to Haydn--Dances for the Ridotto Room--Plays at Haydn’s Concert 174