CHAPTER V. Beethoven’s Friends and Patrons in the First Lustrum of the Nineteenth Century--Archduke Rudolph, an Imperial Pupil--Count Andreas Rasoumowsky-- Countess Erdödy--Baroness Ertmann--Marie Bigot--Therese Malfatti--Nanette Streicher--Doctor Zizius--Anecdotes 78 CHAPTER VI. Princes and Counts as Theatrical Directors: Beethoven Appeals for an Appointment--Vain Expectations--Subscription Concerts at Prince Lobkowitz’s-- The Symphony in B-flat--Overture to “Coriolan”--Contract with Clementi--Errors in the Dates of Important Letters-- The Mass in C--A Falling-out with Hummel--The “Leonore” Overtures again--Performances of Beethoven’s Works at the “Liebhaber” Concerts--The Year 1807 98 CHAPTER VII. The Year 1808--Johann van Beethoven Collects a Debt and Buys an Apothecary Shop in Linz--Wilhelm Rust--Plans for New Operas--Sketches for “Macbeth”--Imitative Music and the “Pastoral” Symphony--Count Oppersdorff and the Fourth Symphony--A Call to Cassel--Organization of Rasoumowsky’s Quartet--Appreciation of Beethoven in Vienna: Disagreement with Orchestral Musicians--Mishaps at the Performance of the Choral Fantasia 114 CHAPTER VIII. Jerome Bonaparte’s Invitation--A New Plan to Keep Beethoven in Vienna--The Annuity Contract-- Ries’s Disappointment--Farewell to Archduke Rudolph in a Sonata--The Siege and Capitulation of Vienna--Seyfried’s “Studies”--Reissig’s Songs--An Abandoned Concert--Commission for Music to “Egmont”-- Increased Cost of Living in Vienna--Dilatory Debtors--Products of 1809 135 CHAPTER IX. The Years 1807-09: a Retrospect--Beethoven’s Intellectual Development and Attainments: Growth after Emancipation from Domestic Cares--His Natural Disposition-- Eager in Self-Instruction--Interest in Oriental Studies--His Religious Beliefs--Attitude towards the Church 163 CHAPTER X. The Year 1810--Disappointing Decrease in Productivity--The Music for “Egmont”--Money from Clementi, and a Marriage Project--A New Infatuation Prompts Attention to Dress--Therese Malfatti--Beethoven’s Relations with Bettina von Arnim--Her Correspondence with Goethe--A Question of Authenticity Discussed--Beethoven’s Letter to Bettina--An Active Year with the Publishers 170 CHAPTER XI. The Year 1811--Bettina von Arnim--The Letters between Beethoven and Goethe--The Great Trio in B-flat--Music for a New Theatre in Pesth: “The Ruins of Athens” and “King Stephen”--Compositions and Publications of the Year 196