The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-30

throughout. was artistic and the
achievement was not unexpected. Mrs.
liallowayis position In Musical Wheel
ING Is assured and her name on any pro-
sramme will always be an attraction.
Beethoyen's beautiful Adelaide" was
sung by Mrs. Flora Williams, whose
work Is so well known that words OF
praise seem unnecessary. The song wac
given In al Its exquisite pathos.
The programme closed with n splendid
rendition OF the "Leonore Symphony,
So.33," played by Miss Anie Sage, Miss
Amanda Spell, Mrs. H.. W. Ewalt and
Miss Flora Stifel. The ensemble work
OF these young ladies Is worthy OF more
. passing notice and the same must
also be spoken Of the Accomplishments az
played by Mrs. Lewis Clemens and Miss
Annie Sage.
The qlartette brought to a close a con-
cert which IN It's entire carrying through
reelected the highest credit on the club
giving It.
The paper on Beethoven" read list
night by Mrs. Nellie Warren Holloway
at The Womaifs Club concert, was as
fonows:
Our very being and our sublinest SEN
timents are touched when we hear The
name-BeethoYcn, who Is In music whit
Shakespeare is In poetry. A name be-
fore which all others, however great.
seem 10 diminish. With only the great.
est reverence Is a sketch OF this mon.
arch on music attempted. It is lmpos-
sible to separate the man from his art.
being so susceptible to every change OF
nature and of environment, his mood
was constantly Influenced By any va
%riation. which may have made him
rather eccentric. and have given the
reputation among his associates OF be-
Ing caprlclous Ind some times mani
able. Yet. on the other side how deep,
strong md tender was the heart which
was tortured and wounded by the
"Slings and arrows OF outrageous for
tune"
Ludwig Van Beethoven was baptized
at Bonn on the Rhine on December II,
ITO, and was probably born on the
day preceding the baptism. The Van
Beethovens were Flemish peasantg
Ludwlg's grandfather was bandmastei
10 the Elector of the province. His
father was 4 tenor singer In the Cathe-
dral at Bonn. in which the German en-
perors were crowned during the thir-
tenth and fourteenth centuries. The
tnleni for music must then have been
inherited from the paternal ancestors.
who ;Eere Of Dutch lineage. Financial
misfettunes overlook the family when
Ludwig was 4 very young child, and
for this reason the fathers chief desire
was to reap the earliest possible i'd
vantages from the musical abilities OF
his son. Consequently at the very ten
der age OF five years. n vigorous mu-
steal training was begun. The practice
OF the piano and violin were undertaken
at the same time, and when he was
seven years old much time was devoted
to the pipe organ aud the study OF COM
position. His father taught him the
rudiments OF his art, but. before he was.
nine years OF age he had made such
advancement that the father had no
longer anything to teach him. When
one year older he was appointed assist
ant organist at the town Cathedral,
and played violin in the orchestra. AT
this period Beethoven said that only
then had he really begun to love mu-
sic. Before he. was thirteen his father
declared his schooling finished. This
limited education was In after life q
deep modification, and no doubt in
nuenced strongly his character. AS a
youth he made q profound impression
on all who knew him. There was Il
mysterious air as OF n holding COM
munion with another world, only hear
ing the harmonies of his own soul"
In 1857, having exhausted the musical
knowledge OF the professors at Bonn,
he was sent for 4 short visit to Vienna
to receive a few lessons from Mozart.
who at once predicted a great future
for his pupil. On the first visit TO this
great teacher, Beethoven was exceed
ingly nervous and felt that he had not
done himself justice. When he very
impatiently asked for 4 theme for i'm
provisatIor, Mozart was SO amazed at
the ability he displayed that he remark
cd to those present: Mark that young
man! The world will hear OF him some
dag
The death OF his mother recalled him
to Boiin, where he remained FOR several
years. the only support OF the family.