CHAPTER XIV. The Year 1814--Success of “Wellington’s

Victory”--Umlauf Rescues a Performance--Revival and Revision of “Fidelio”--Changes Made in the Opera--Success Attained--The Eighth Symphony--Beethoven Plays in the Great Trio in B-flat--Anton Schindler Appears on the Scene--The Quarrel with Mälzel--Legal Controversy and Compromise--Moscheles and the Pianoforte Score of “Fidelio”--The Vienna Congress-- Tribute from a Scottish Poet--Weissenbach--Tomaschek-- Meyerbeer--Rasoumowsky’s Palace Destroyed by Fire 261