The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I
CHAPTER XIX. The Year 1801--Compositions offered to
Hoffmeister--Concerts for Wounded Soldiers--Vigano and the Ballet “Prometheus”--Interest in the Publication of Bach’s Works and His Indigent Daughter--Stephan von Breuning--Summer Home in Hetzendorf--Composition of “The Mount of Olives”--Compositions and Publications of the Year--The Funeral March in the Sonata, Op. 26--The So-called “Moonlight” Sonata--Inspired by a Poem of Seume’s--Illicit Publication of the String Quintet, Op. 29 281