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_z._ _Canon_ written in the alb.u.m of Director Neide.

_tz._ _Song of the Monks_, from Schiller's "_Wilhelm Tell_."

_a^{2}._ "_Song of the Nightingale._"

_b^{2}._ "_Germania's Wiedergeburt_," for four voices and orchestra.

_c^{2}._ "_Abschiedsgesang an Wien's Burger._"

_e^{2}._ Final songs from (1) "_Die Ehrenpforte_," in D major; (2) "_Die gute Nachricht_."

_f^{2}._ "_Andenken von Matthison_"--allegretto.

_g^{2}._ Three-part _Song_.

IV. COMPOSITIONS WHICH APPEARED AFTER BEETHOVEN'S DEATH, WITHOUT BEING DESIGNATED AS _Op._ OR _No._

_a._ "_Beethoven's Heimgang_," for voice and piano.

_b._ "_An Sie_," Song, in A flat major.

_c._ _Two Songs_:--

1. "_Seufzer eines Ungeliebten._"

2. "_Die laute Klage._"

_d._ "_Die Ehre Gottes in der Natur_," for four voices and orchestra, in C major.

_e._ _Cantata: "Europa steht."_ _f._ _Song, "Gedenke mein."_ _g._ "_Empfindungen bei Lydia's Untreu_," in E flat.

_h._ "_Equali_," two pieces for four trombones.

_i._ _Allegretto_ for orchestra.

_k._ _Three Quartets._ _l._ _Rondo_ for piano and orchestra.

_m._ _Octet_ for wind instruments (now Op. 103.) _n._ _Rondino_ for eight-part harmony.

_o._ _Two Trios_ for piano, violin, and 'cello.

_p._ _Military March_ for piano.

_q._ "_Lament at Beethoven's Grave._"

_r._ "_The Last Musical Thought._"

J. AND W. RIDER, PRINTERS, LONDON.

A NOVEL WITH TWO HEROES.

BY ELLIOTT GRAEME,

AUTHOR OF "BEETHOVEN; A MEMOIR," &C.

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