CHAPTER XVII. The Year 1817--Beethoven and the Public Journals of Vienna--Fanny Giannatasio’s Journal-- Extracts from Beethoven’s “Tagebuch”--The London Philharmonic Society again--Propositions Submitted by Ries--Nephew Karl and His Mother--Beethoven’s Pedagogical Suggestions to Czerny--Cipriani Potter--Marschner--Marie Pachler-Koschak--Another Mysterious Passion--Beethoven and Mälzel’s Metronome--An Unproductive Year 358 CHAPTER XVIII. The Year 1818--Gift of a Pianoforte from John Broadwood--The Composer Takes Personal Charge of His Nephew--His Unfitness as Foster-father and Guardian--Abandonment of His Projected Visit to London--The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde’s Oratorio--The Nephew and a Mother’s Legal Struggle for Possession of Her Son--The Case Reviewed--The Predicate “van” and Beethoven’s Nobility--Archduke Rudolph Becomes Archbishop of Olmütz--Work on the Mass in D, Ninth Symphony and Grand Trio in B-flat 390 Chapter I The Year 1803--Cherubini’s Operas in Vienna--Beethoven’s Engagement at the Theater-an-der-Wien--“Christus am Ölberg” again--Bridgetower and the “Kreutzer” Sonata---Negotiations with Thomson--New Friends--Mähler’s Portrait of Beethoven. Kotzebue, after a year of activity in Vienna as Alxinger’s successor in the direction, under the banker Baron von Braun, of the Court Theatre, then a year of exile in Siberia (1800), whence he was recalled by that semi-maniac Paul, who was moved thereto by the delight which the little drama “Der Leibkutscher Peters III.” had given him--then a short time in Jena, where his antagonism to Goethe broke out into an open quarrel, established himself in Berlin. There he began, with Garlieb Merkel (1802), the publication of a polemical literary journal called the “Freymüthige,” Goethe, the Schlegels and their party being the objects of their polemics. Spazier’s “Zeitung für die Elegante Welt” (Leipsic) was its leading opponent, until the establishment of a new literary journal at Jena. At the beginning of 1803, Kotzebue was again in Vienna on his way to Italy. Some citations from the “Freymüthige” of this time have an especial value, as coming, beyond a doubt, from his pen. His position in society, his knowledge from experience of theatrical affairs in Vienna, his personal acquaintance with Beethoven and the other persons mentioned, all combine to enable him to speak with authority. An article in No. 58 (April 12) on the “Amusements of the Viennese after Carnival,” gives a peep into the salon-life of the capital, and introduces to us divers matters of so much interest, as to excuse the want of novelty in certain parts.