much as Thalberg treated it infra dignitatem. Kriehuber made a splendid portrait of Thalberg, though it seems never to have gone largely into the trade. In fact Thalberg never encouraged the hero-worship of himself in any shape.
Thalberg appeared at the Philharmonic Concerts in London on May 9 and June 6, 1836. He played at the first concert his Grand Fantasia, op. 1, and at the second his Caprice No. 2 in E♭.
The following is a list of his published compositions, in the order of their opus-number, from the 'Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire' of Dr. von Wurzbach (1882). The first three were published as early as 1828, when he was 16 years old.
- Fantaisie et variations (Euryanthe).
- Do. Do. (Thême écossais).
- Impromptu (Siege de Corinthe).
- Souvenirs de Vienne.
- Gran Concerto (F minor).
5 bis. Hommage à Rossini (Guil. Tell). - Fantaisie (Robert le Diable).
- Grand Divertissement (F minor).
- Sechs deutsche Lieder (1–6).
- Fantaisie (La Straniera).
- Gr. Fantaisie et Variations (I Montecchi).
- Sechs deutsche Lieder (7–12).
- Gr. Fantaisie et Variations (Norma).
- Sechs deutsche Lieder (13–18)
- Gr. Fantaisie et Variations (Don Juan).
- Caprice E minor.
- 2 Nocturnes (F♯, B).
- 2 Airs russes variés (G).
- Divertissement (Soirées musicales).
- 2nd Caprice (E♭).
- Fantaisie (Huguenots).
- 3 Nocturnes.
- Grand Fantaisie.
- Sechs deutsche Lieder (19–24).
- Sechs ditto do. (25–30).
- Sechs ditto do. (31–36).
- 12 Etudes.
- Gr. Fantaisie (God save the Queen and Rule Britannia) A♭.
- Nocturne (E).
- Sechs deutsche Lieder (37–42).
- Sechs ditto do. (43–48).
- Scherzo (A).
- Andante in D♭.
- Fantaisie (Moïse).
- Divertissement (Gipsy's Warning).
- Grand Nocturne (F♯).
35 bis. Etrennes auz jeunes Pianistes. Nocturne. - (1) La Cadence. Impromptu (A minor). (2) Nouv. Etude de Perfection. (3) Mi manca la voce (A♭). (4) La Romanesca. (5) Canzonette Italienne. (6) Romance sans paroles.
- Fantaisie (Oberon).
- Romance et Etude (A).
- Souvenir de Beethoven. Fantaisie (A minor).
- Fantaisie (Donna del Lago).
- 2 Romances sans paroles.
- Gr. Fantaisie (Serenade et Menuet, D. Juan).
- Gr. Fantaisie No. 2 (Huguenots).
- Andante final de Lucia, variée.
- Theme orig. et Etude (A minor).
- Gr. Caprice (Sonnambula).
- Gr. Valses brillantes.
- Gr. Caprice (Charles VI).
- Fantaisie (Lucrezia).
- Gr. Fantaisie (Semiramide).
- Fantaisie (La Muette).
- Gr. Fantaisie (Zampa)
- Thalberg et de Beriot. Gr. Duo concertante (Semiramide).
- Le Depart, variée en forme d'Etude.
- Grand Sonate (C minor).
- 10 Morceaux, servant d'Ecole preparatoire.
- Gr. Caprice (Marche de Berlioz).
- Marche funèbre variée.
- Barcarole.
- Melodies Styriennes Gr. Fant. arr. par Wolff.
- Valse melodique.
- Gr. Fantaisie (Barbier).
- Les Capricieuses, Valses.
- Tarantelle.
- Souvenir de Pesth.
- Introd. et Var. sur la Barcarole de L'Elisire.
- Gr. Fantaisie (Don Pasquale).
- Fantaisie (Fille du Régiment).
- Trio.
- L'Art du chant appliqué au Piano. 4 Series containing 22 transcriptions.
a. Ballade de Preciosa; transc.
b. Grand duo de Freischütz. - Florinda, opéra. 6 Transcriptions.
- or 74. Home, sweet home! . . Variée.
- The last rose of summer … Variée.
- Lilly Dale . . Variée.
- Les Soirées de Pausilippe. 24 Pensées musicales, in 6 books.
- Célebre Ballade.
- Gr. Fantaisie de Concert (Il Trovatore).
- Ditto. do. (Traviata).
- a. 3 Melodies de F. Schubert transcrites.
b. Romance dramatique. - La Napolitaine. Danse.
- Souvenir du Ballo in Maschera.
- Ditto de Rigoletto.
- Air d'Amazily (Fernand Cortez).
Unnumbered pieces.—Auf Flügeln (Mendelssohn) transcr.—2 Morceaux sur Lucrezia.—Arietta, 'No so fremar.'—Zwei Gedichte.—Thalberg and Panofka. Grand Duo.—Graciosa. Rom. sans paroles.—Nocturno in D♭—Romance variée in E♭—Viola, Melodie.—Thalberg Galoppe.—La Berceuse.—Le fils du Corse.—Pauline, Valse.—Larmes d'une jeune fille.—Pianoforte School.
THAYER, Alexander Wheelock, the biographer of Beethoven, was born near Boston, U.S.A., at South Natick, Massachusetts, Oct. 22, 1817, and is descended from original settlers of 1629. In 1843 he graduated at Harvard University, took the degree of Bachelor of Laws there, and was for a few years employed in the College library. In 1849 he left America for Europe, and remained for more than two years in Bonn, Berlin, Prague, and Vienna, studying German, corresponding with newspapers at home, and collecting materials for a life of Beethoven, the idea of which had presented itself to him while at Harvard, and which has since been his one serious pursuit for 30 years. In 1852 he tried journalism on the staff of the New York 'Tribune,' but only to the detriment of his health. 'Dwight's Journal of Music' was started at Boston in April 1852, and Thayer soon became a prominent and favourite writer therein. In 1854 he returned to Germany, and worked hard at the rich Beethoven materials in the Royal Library at Berlin for nearly a year. Ill-health and want of means drove him back to Boston in 1856, and amongst other work he there catalogued the musical library of Lowell Mason. In the summer of 1858, by Mason's help, he was enabled to cross once more to Europe, remained for some months in Berlin and Frankfort on the Oder, and in 1859 arrived at Vienna more inspired than ever for his mission. A severe and able review of Marx's Beethoven in the 'Atlantic Monthly,' republished in German by Otto Jahn, had made him known in Germany, and henceforth the Biography became his vocation. The next year was passed in Berlin, Vienna, Gratz, Linz, Salzburg, Frankfort, Bonn, etc., in intercourse with Hüttenbrenner, Wegeler, Schindler and other friends of Beethoven, in minute investigation of documents, and in a fruitless visit to Paris for the sake of papers elucidating the history of Bonn. His next visit was to London, where he secured the reminiscences of Neate, Potter, and Hogarth (Neate's particularly valuable), and received much substantial kindness from Chorley. From England he returned to Vienna, and in 1862 accepted a small post in the U.S. Legation there, afterwards exchanged for that of U.S. Consul at Trieste, where he still resides. His book is entitled 'Ludwig van Beethoven's Leben.' It was written in English, translated into German by Herr H. Deiters of Bonn, and published by Weber of Berlin—vol. 1 (1770–1796) in 1866; vol. 2 (1792–1806) in 1872; vol. 3 (1807–1816) in 1879. Vol. 4 is in preparation, but can hardly finish the work, since 11 full and complicated years are still left to be described.
The quantity of new letters and facts, and of rectifications of dates, contained in the book is very great. For the first time Beethoven's life is placed on a solid basis of fact. At the same time Mr. Thayer is no slavish biographer. He views his hero from a perfectly independent point of view, and often criticises his caprice or harshness (as in the cases of Mälzel and
