,
and Destiny, 218.
Fates, the, 204, 220.
Fatherland, Poets of, 14.
Faust, 38, 156, 157, 162, 200.
Fichte (quoted), 219.
Fidelio, 11, 48, 98, 155,
libretto of, 49-50,
First production of, 54, 55,
revision of, 56, 74, 75, 98, 106, 123, 155, 159,
dedication of piano score, 107,
its Spanish background, 49.
Fielding and humor, 134.
Fifth Symphony (C minor), 14, 68, 73, 76, 77, 152.
First Symphony, 33, 34, 37.
Fischer, 225.
Foerster, teacher of Beethoven, 63.
Fourth Symphony, 66-68,
Serenity of, 67,
Philosophic import of, 68.
France, 42, 43, 107.
France, King of (Louis XVIII), 45, 154, 155.
Freemasonry, among musicians, 10.
Freischuetz, 139.
French Revolution, 3, 4, 41, 133.
Friends of music, Society of, 129.
Friendship, 176.
Frimmel von, 180, 215.
Fugue, the, 124, 125, 129,
of the C# minor quartet, 121,
Credo of Mass in D, 153.
Fuller, Margaret (footnote), 181.

Gayety, 100.
Galaxy of virtuosi, 17.
Galitzin, Prince, and last quartets, 192-194,
and Mass in D, 192.
Genius, prerogative of, 230.
Germanic Order, 10.
Germans, the, 104.
Gewandhaus Concerts, 226.
Glacis, the, 204, 210.
Glueck, 79.
Goethe, 13, 38, 80, 88, 90, 101, 111, 125, 129, 141, 191, 212, 217,
Worldly wisdom of, 90,
as Courtier, 91,
Councillor, 92,
Spiritual mentor, 162.
Gothic architecture, 143.
Greece, 143.
Greek Classics, 140-141.
Grillparzer, 160.

Hafiz (quoted), 102.
Hanau, battle of, 104.
Haendel, 27, 79, 139, 143, 223,
Beethoven's opinion of, 20,
Oratorios of, 143, 144,
works of, 207.
Haendel and Haydn Society of Boston, 181.
Happiness, and Beethoven, 38.
Hatzfeld, Prince von, 154.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 18.
Haydn, 4, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30, 33, 43, 46, 73, 76, 79, 100, 101, 123,
140, 219, 229,
Important work of, 143,
Distinguishing trait, 123,
Kyrie of Imperial Mass, 74,
and the Minuet, 34,
Humor in music, 34, 133,
Sonatas, 34,
Teacher of Beethoven, 19-20,
Visits Bonn, 17.
Haydn and Mozart, 4, 20.
Haydn and Beethoven, life-work of, 20.
Heiligenstadt, 73.
Herder, 141,
quoted, 80, 93.
Higher law, the, 38.
Hiller, Ferdinand, 205.
Hirsch, Beethoven's last pupil, 180.
Holy Grail, 232.
Holz, 178, 185, 194, 198, 206, 213.
Homer, 13.
Host, the, elevation of, 233,
Consecration of, 233.
Humanity, 43,
at bay, 163,
Golden age for, 164.
Humor, in music, evolution of, 133,
a test of genius, 134.
Huemmel, 22, 29, 31, 63, 76, 105, 206.
Huettenbrenner, 8