in, 230,
Variations in, 157.
Nohl, 186.
North America, 166, 180.

Ode to Joy, revolutionary spirit of, 165.
Odeschalchi, Princess, 61.
Opera, the, an alien soil to Beethoven, 49,
as a work of art, 50,
a combination of arts, 51.
Operatic composition, 52.
Orchestra, range and mobility of, 150,
More important than voices, 150,
its resources increased through Beethoven, 3.
Orchestral forms, development of, 99.
Ossian-like daemonism, 149.
Ossian Songs (Schubert), 206.

Pain of existence, 132.
Palestrina, 234,
Masses of, 143.
Paris Conservatoire, 16.
Parsifal, 164 (footnote), 231, 235,
mysticism of, Prelude to, 235.
Passion music, 35, 144.
Pastoral Sonata, 35.
Pastoral Symphony (see Sixth Symphony).
Patriotism and altruism, 43.
Paur, Emil, 166.
Pedal-point, 231.
Pennsylvania, Founding of, libretto, 156.
Persian literature, 140.
Pessimism, 132.
Pinnacle of greatness, 40.
Pity, and the divine in man, 164.
Plagal mode, 234.
Plato, 230,
Republic, 140.
Playing from manuscript, 10.
Philharmonic Society of New York, 166.
Philharmonic Society of London 200, 207.
Philip III, of Spain, daughter of, 204.
Prague, 9, 109.
Problem of life, 77, 164.
Prometheus, Ballet, 33, 34, 35.
Prussia, King of, 154.
Psychological element, the, 27.

Quartet, the, 98, 191, 194,
Last quartets, 96, 100, 158, 191-192, 194, 195,
Mysticism of, 96, 195,
Psychological qualities of, 195, 218,
Spirituality of, 195,
Variations in, 157,
Written in great mental trouble, 194.
Quartet, in A minor, 187,
in C# minor, 195, 199, 203,
its dedication, 208,
in Bb, cavatina of, 194,
new finale of, 203,
see chamber-music, also Rasoumowsky quartets.

Rasoumowsky, Count, 59, 63, 65, 108, 192,
Entertains Empress of Russia, 108.
Rasoumowsky quartets, 65-66, 192,
Adagio of the second, 65.
Religion and General-bass, 219.
Religious sentiment, the, 219.
Renunciation, 163.
Requiem Mass, 140, 160, 161, 209.
Ries, Ferdinand, 44, 62, 82, 83, 84, 135, 180,
Pupil of Beethoven, 80,
Prolific composer, 85,
efforts for Beethoven while in London, 181-182.
Ries, Franz, 12, 17, 82.
Rochlitz, 92, 153, 156.
Romberg, 16, 105.
Rossini, 79, 153, 166,
calls on Beethoven, 139.
Ruins of Athens, 155.
Russia, Emperor of, 36, 107, 108, 154,
Empress of, 107, 108.

Saint-Saens, 232.
Saint-Simon, and the strenuous life, 206.
Salieri, 105.
Satanas in the kitchen, 185.
Saxony, King of, 154, 213.
Second period, wo