CHAPTER X. The Last Days at Gneixendorf--A Brother’s

Warning--Beethoven and His Kinspeople--The Fateful Journey to Vienna--The Fatal Illness--The Physicians and Their Treatment--The Nephew Exonerated from a Slanderous Accusation--Schindler’s Disingenuousness-- Dr. Malfatti Forgets a Resentment Harbored for more than a Decade--Beethoven and Handel’s Scores--A Gift of 100 Pounds Sterling from the London Philharmonic Society--Eventual Disposition of the Money--Metronome Marks for the Ninth Symphony--Death and Burial of Beethoven--His Estate 267

GENERAL INDEX 315

INDEX TO COMPOSITIONS 344