CHAPTER XII. The Year 1812--Reduction of Income from the Annuity--The Austrian “Finanzpatent”--Legal Obligation of the Signers to the Agreement--First Performance of the Pianoforte Concerto in E-flat--A Second Visit to Teplitz--Beethoven and Goethe--Amalie Sebald--Beethoven in Linz--He Drives His Brother Johann into a Detested Marriage--Rode and the Sonata Op. 96--Spohr--The Seventh and Eighth Symphonies--Mälzel and His Metronome--A Canon and the Allegretto of the Eighth Symphony 211 CHAPTER XIII. The Year 1813--Beethoven’s Journal--Illness of Karl Kaspar van Beethoven--He Requests the Appointment of His Brother as Guardian of His Son--Death of Prince Kinsky--Obligations under the Annuity Agreement--Beethoven’s Earnings--Mälzel and “Wellington’s Victory”--Battle Pieces and Their Popularity--Postponement of the Projected Visit to London--The Seventh Symphony--Spohr on Beethoven’s Conducting--Concerts, Compositions and Publications of the Year 239 CHAPTER XIV. The Year 1814--Success of “Wellington’s Victory”--Umlauf Rescues a Performance--Revival and Revision of “Fidelio”--Changes Made in the Opera--Success Attained--The Eighth Symphony--Beethoven Plays in the Great Trio in B-flat--Anton Schindler Appears on the Scene--The Quarrel with Mälzel--Legal Controversy and Compromise--Moscheles and the Pianoforte Score of “Fidelio”--The Vienna Congress-- Tribute from a Scottish Poet--Weissenbach--Tomaschek-- Meyerbeer--Rasoumowsky’s Palace Destroyed by Fire 261 CHAPTER XV. The Year 1815--New Opera Projects Considered-- “Romulus and Remus”--Settlements with the Heirs of Prince Kinsky--Unjust Aspersions on the Conduct of Kinsky and Lobkowitz--“The Mount of Olives” in England--Negotiations with English Publishers--Diabelli--Charles Neate--Death of Karl Kaspar van Beethoven--His Wishes with regard to the Guardianship of His Son--Growth of Beethoven’s Intimacy with Schindler--Compositions and Publications of the Year 304 CHAPTER XVI. The Year 1816--A Commission from the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde--Guardianship of Nephew Karl--Giannatasio del Rio--Beethoven’s Music in London--The Philharmonic Society--Three Overtures Composed, Bought and Discarded--Birchall and Neate--The Erdödys--Fanny Giannatasio--“An die ferne Geliebte”--Major-General Kyd--Accusations against Neate--Letters to Sir George Smart--Anselm Hüttenbrenner--The Year’s Productions 329