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

throughout, was artistic and the
achievement was not unexpected. Mrs.
Hailoway's position In Musical Wheel
lnB IS assured and her name on any pro-
sranme Will always be an attraction.
B~eethoyen'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 all lts exquisite pathos.
The programme closed with a splendid
rendition OF the "Leonore Symphony,
No. ," played by Mise Anie Sage, Miss
Amanda Spell. Mrs. II. ". Ewalt|a and
MISE Flora Stlfel. The ensemble work
OF these young ladies Is worthy OF more
than passing notice and the same must
also be spoken ,uf the Accomplishments as
played by Mrs. Lewis Clemens and Miss
Annie Sage.
The quartettc brought 10 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
al. the Woman's Club concert, was as
follows:
Our very being and our sub!imest SEN
timents are touched when we hear the
name-Beethovcn, who Is in music what
Shakespeare Is In poetry. = A name be-.
fore which all others, however great.
seem 10 diminish. With only the great
est reverence Is u 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
ration, which may have made him
rather eccentric, and have given the
reputation among his associates OF be-
Ing capricious and some times unami-
able. Yet, on the other side how deep,
strong and tender was the heart which
was tortured and wounded by the
"slinss 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 peasants,
Ludwig's grandfather was bandmastel
to the Elector Of the province. His
father was n tenor singer In the Cathe-
dral at Bonn, in which the German em-
perors were crowned during the thlr-
tenth and fourteenth centuries. The
talent for music must then have been
inherited from the paternal ancestors,
who were OF Dutch lineage. Financial
misftttunes overlook the family when
Ludwig was q very young child, and
for this q the fathers chief desire
was TO reap the earliest possible ad-
rantages from the musical abilities Of
his son. Consequently at the very ten
der age of FIVE years, a vigorous mu-
siclt 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 and 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
n year older he was appointed assist
ant Sorganist 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 a
deep modification. and no doubt In
luenced strongly his character. AS q
youth he made a profound impression
on all who knew him. There was a
mysterious air as OF one holding ON
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 vas sent for 4 shor, visit to Vienna
to receive q few lessons from Mozart,
who at once predicted 4 great future
for his pupil. On the first visit to this
great teacher, Beethoven was exceed
ingly nervous and felt that he had moi
done himself Justice. When he very
impatiently asked for a theme for i'm
provisation, 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
daS:.""
The death OF his mother recalled him
to Boiin, where he remained for several
yeo-s the only supDOrt Of tho family