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1806. 2 Romances for violin and orchestra: Op. 40, in G. 1803. Op. 50, in F. 1805. 5 Concertos for pianoforte and orchestra: No. 1 in C, Op. 15. 1801. No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19. 1801. No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. 1804. No. 4 in G, Op. 58. 1808. No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73. The Emperor. 1811. Choral Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80. 1811. Quintet in E-flat, for pianoforte and wind, Op. 16. 1801. 6 Trios for pianoforte, violin, and violoncello: Op. 1, Nos. 1 to 3 (E-flat, G, C minor). 1795 Op. 70, Nos. 1 and 2 (D, E-flat). 1809. Op. 97, Grand Trio in B-flat. 1816. 10 Sonatas for pianoforte and violin. [We must mention the Kreutzer Sonata in A, Op. 47. 1805.] 5 Sonatas for pianoforte and violoncello. 32 Sonatas for pianoforte alone. [We have only space to mention the Pathetic (in C minor, Op. 13, 1799), the Moonlight (in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, 1802), the Waldstein (in C, Op. 53, 1805), and the Farewell (in E-flat, Op. 81_a_, 1811).] Andante Favori in F. 1806. 23 sets of Variations. Scena and Aria, Ah! perfido, Op. 65. 1805. Adelaide, Op. 46. 1797. Mignon's Song, 'Kennst du das Land?' Op. 75, No. 1. 1810. Liederkreis (six Songs), Op. 98. 1816. 60 other Songs. * * * * * For a fuller account of Beethoven's life the reader is advised to consult-- SCHINDLER'S Life of Beethoven (translated by Moscheles). 2 vols. Colburn. 1841. Beethoven's LETTERS (1790-1826) have been translated by Lady Wallace. 2 vols. Longmans. 1866. SCHUBERT SCHUBERT If you are ever in the city of Vienna, and bend your steps to the district called the Lichtenthal, you will there find a thoroughfare, running north and south, called the Nussdorfer Strasse. This is its present name, but in former times it was known as 'Auf dem Himmelpfortgrund'--meaning 'Off the Gate of Heaven'--the 'Himmelpfortgrund' itself being a small street branching off to the west towards the fortifications. On the right-hand side of the Nussdorfer Strasse, as you face the outskirts of the city, you will come upon a house bearing the number 54 (it was formerly numbered 72), and the curious sign of 'Zum rothen Krebsen' (the Red Crab). But your attention will at once be drawn to another feature of the house--a grey marble tablet fixed above the door, with the inscription 'Franz Schubert's Geburthaus' (the house in which Franz Schubert was born), in the centre,
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