An intense life -- In the chapel at Bonn -- A lyric musician appears -- The inner fire -- The Eroica -- Fidelio -- The contemplated departure from Vienna -- The seventh and eighth symphonies -- Beethoven, official musician -- The man : his character -- The man : his inspiration -- "Miser et pauper sum" -- The concert of May 7, 1824 -- The last quartets -- The end -- Et resurrexit tertia die.