(Which did not stop Beethoven later from being one of the early adopters of the metronome, MaelzelвЂ™s brand name for a mechanical timekeeper he devised, based on a Dutch inventorвЂ™s ideas.) These concerts were quite successful, but Beethoven and Maelzel fell out over ownership of the music and Beethoven п¬Ѓled вЂ“ and eventually dropped - a lawsuit against Maelzel in Vienna.

To raise money for this tour, they would give concerts in Vienna featuring the new piece performed in BeethovenвЂ™s version for live orchestra. The inventor persuaded the composerВ with a much-needed loan вЂ“ to write a piece for the Panharmonicon celebrating WellingtonвЂ™s victory at the battle of Vitoria, which they would take to London, where Wellington was a national hero. (Such devices were very popular Maelzel also created a mechanical trumpeter, and he purchased a mechanical chess player for his line-up of traveling attractions.) Maelzel also created the Panharmonicon, a mechanical chamber orchestra. Maelzel was named вЂњcourt mechanicianвЂќ in Vienna in 1808, and one of his principal product lines was ear trumpets, which Beethoven eagerly вЂ“ desperately вЂ“ tried. They also share a connection with Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772-1838), who was part musician and part engineer, but mostly an entrepreneurial salesman. BeethovenвЂ™s Seventh and Eighth are a set of вЂњuntwins,вЂќ contrasting works created basically side-by-side in 1811-1812.

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