CHAPTER XV. General Bernadotte--The Fiction about

His Connection with the “Sinfonia eroica”--Rival Pianists--Joseph Wölffl--Tomaschek Describes Beethoven’s Playing--Dragonetti--J. B. Cramer--Beethoven’s Demeanor in Society--Compositions of 1798 and 1799--The Trios, Op. 9--Pianoforte Concertos in C and B-flat--An Unfinished Rondo for Pianoforte and Orchestra--Several Pianoforte Sonatas--“Sonate pathétique”--Trio for Pianoforte, Clarinet and Violoncello--Origin of the First Symphony--Protest Against an Arrangement of it as a Quintet 212