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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
THE LIVES OF MOZAET, BEETHOVEN, AND 
MENDELSSOHN. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. B. WOOLF. 
(Read January 10th, 1884.) 
Introduction. Date and birthplace of Mozart. His father. 
Display of early talent. His first concerto. Visit of Mozart 
to Vienna. Performance to the court. Mozart's sensitiveness of 
ear. His travels through Italy, and operas composed there. 
Acquaintance with the Weber family. His return to Paris, and 
back again to Vienna. One of Mozart's friends. Sample of a 
day spent in Vienna. The opera of the Seraglio. Marriage. 
Other works. Constant poverty. Death. Family. Date and 
birthplace of Beethoven. Description of parents. Early education 
and instructors. Precocity of talent. Visit to Vienna and Bonn. 
One of his friends. Works. Personal appearance. Deafness. 
His old friend Kies. Kepublican principles. His single great 
opera. Office of Kapell Meister to Jerome Buonaparte. Annuity 
provided by patrons. Servants. Danger which the " Great 
Mass" underwent. Anecdote of his forgetfulness. His nephew. 
Last illness. Death. Funeral. Character. Date and birthplace 
of Mendelssohn. Removal to Berlin. Sensitiveness of ear. 
Teachers. Introduction to Cherubini. Moschele's opinion of 
Mendelssohn. Journey to Stettin. His works. Arrival in 
London. Journey to Borne. Dusseldorf, and second visit to 
London. Appointment in Leipsic. His "St. Paul;" "Hymn of 
Praise." Appearance before the Queen Victoria. Performance of 
" Elijah." Inscription from Prince Albert to Mendelssohn. Kindly 
way of speaking. Death. Family. Opinion of Chorley. 
