, and occasionally his guest
(_see also_ Schindler's "Biography," i. 228).

Kauka, Dr., Beethoven's advocate in Prague.

Kiesewetter, Councillor von, in Vienna, the popular writer on the science
of music, one of the subscribers to the great address presented to
Beethoven in February, 1824.

Kinsky, Prince Ferdinand, of Bohemia, one of Beethoven's most devoted
patrons in Vienna.

Kinsky, Princess.

Kirnberger, of Berlin, the well-known theorist.

Koch, Barbara, of Bonn, daughter of the landlord of the "Zehrgaden," the
friend of Eleonore von Breuning, an amiable and intelligent lady, at whose
house the leading persons of the town were accustomed to assemble; she
afterwards became governess to the children of Count Belderbusch, whom she
married in 1802.

Koenneritz, Von, principal director of the Court band and Opera in Dresden.

Kraft, Anton, a celebrated violoncello-player in Vienna.

Kuhlau, Friedrich, the distinguished flute-player, a great admirer of
Beethoven's music.

Kuehnel, in Leipzig. _See_ Hofmeister.

Laibach, the Philharmonic Society of.

Landrecht, Beethoven's address to the honorable members of the.

Leidesdorf, M.J., composer and music publisher in Vienna, a subscriber to
the great address presented to Beethoven in 1824.

Leipzig "Allgemeine Zeitung," established in 1798; its remarks at first
unfavorable towards Beethoven.

Lichnowsky, Count Moritz, brother of Prince Carl Lichnowsky, and, like him,
the friend and patron of Beethoven. Schindler, in his "Biography," i. 241,
n., relates as follows:--"The acute perception of the Count led him, on a
nearer acquaintance with the work, to surmise that it had been written with
some special intentions. On being questioned on this matter, the author
replied that he had intended to set the Count's love-story to music, and
that if he needed titles for it, he might write over the first piece,
'Fight between Head and Heart,' and over the second, 'Conversation with the
Loved One.' After the death of his first wife, the Count had fallen deeply
in love with a distinguished opera singer, but his friends protested
against such an alliance. After a contest of many years' duration, however,
he at last succeeded, in 1816, in removing all hindrances to their union."

Lichnowsky, Prince Carl, a friend and pupil of Mozart, and afterwards a
most zealous patron of Beethoven in Vienna (died April 15, 1814).

Liechtenstein, Princess, in Vienna, Beethoven's patron