CHAPTER VI. Incidents and Labors of the Year 1824--A

Truce with the Hated Sister-in-Law--The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde’s Oratorio--Bernard’s Libretto--The Society Forgives Beethoven His Debt and Elects Him an Honorary Member--Book of “The Victory of the Cross”--Summer Sojourn at Penzing Interrupted by Curious Visitors--The London Philharmonic Society Receives the Symphony in D Minor--Further Negotiations for the Mass--New Publishers--Probst--Schott and Sons--A Visitor from London--Beethoven’s Opinion of His Predecessors--The Quartet in E-flat, Op. 127--Trip to England Determined Upon 170