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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 9 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46012 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 77 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Beethoven 5 Vienna 5 Prince 4 time 4 music 4 Mozart 4 Count 3 work 3 Symphony 3 Sonata 3 Mass 3 London 3 Haydn 3 Breuning 3 Bonn 3 Archduke 2 man 2 illustration 2 great 2 footnote 2 Y.R.H. 2 Wagner 2 Society 2 Schindler 2 Rudolph 2 Ries 2 Mr. 2 Lichnowsky 2 Johann 2 Herr 2 Goethe 2 God 2 England 2 Dr. 2 Carl 1 year 1 theme 1 major 1 life 1 letter 1 friend 1 dear 1 Zmeskall 1 Wegeler 1 Variations 1 VAN 1 Schumann 1 Princess 1 Philharmonic 1 Opera Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1232 time 1071 work 858 year 789 music 729 day 709 friend 660 letter 651 man 626 life 420 part 384 master 381 beethoven 364 composer 360 art 351 composition 312 piano 301 one 298 world 281 hand 281 brother 278 mind 278 footnote 272 place 268 subject 264 way 260 house 257 nothing 256 concert 249 note 244 thing 244 love 240 word 235 genius 233 heart 215 period 214 matter 212 illustration 209 other 200 name 198 father 198 death 184 idea 184 case 183 orchestra 183 money 182 performance 181 occasion 181 mother 179 power 175 artist Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 4674 _ 2902 Beethoven 723 Vienna 319 Prince 299 Symphony 292 von 267 Y.R.H. 247 Sonata 212 Carl 209 M. 208 Mozart 205 London 194 Wagner 191 Ries 184 Archduke 182 Op 175 Count 171 Mass 170 Herr 164 Society 160 C 154 Breuning 151 Schindler 151 Haydn 148 Mr. 148 Bonn 142 Dr. 141 Liszt 137 BEETHOVEN 136 God 125 Rudolph 122 c. 121 Same 111 March 104 Court 103 Baden 100 Ludwig 99 Philharmonic 97 de 94 Lichnowsky 92 Countess 91 F 90 May 89 van 89 VAN 89 Johann 87 Bach 85 July 83 Princess 83 King Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 6111 i 4501 he 3894 it 2929 you 2323 him 2227 me 767 we 699 them 623 they 564 himself 474 she 342 myself 336 her 259 us 123 itself 90 yourself 78 themselves 55 yours 53 one 51 herself 33 mine 29 thee 16 ourselves 12 his 8 thyself 6 theirs 6 je 4 hers 3 oneself 2 ce 1 yourselves 1 written,-- 1 this:-- 1 talk!--they 1 schindler:-- 1 my 1 impaired.--wegeler 1 haste-- 1 handel?--who 1 expression:--"they 1 beethoven Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 14509 be 5550 have 1437 do 981 write 956 make 879 give 717 take 673 say 639 know 599 see 585 come 498 send 479 find 440 go 411 receive 376 hear 346 become 333 think 329 wish 324 play 298 leave 293 follow 287 compose 274 feel 273 bring 267 call 258 show 251 seem 240 appear 235 tell 231 live 225 beg 216 get 212 let 210 hope 205 begin 201 pay 200 remain 197 publish 190 meet 186 perform 176 ask 175 consider 174 speak 164 die 163 require 156 oblige 156 continue 155 produce 155 bear Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2928 not 1272 so 931 great 917 more 824 only 679 well 649 good 638 first 625 most 610 much 574 now 573 very 554 as 550 other 482 also 481 here 458 own 429 never 425 such 416 many 413 however 412 even 411 too 411 same 401 long 393 then 388 last 378 musical 373 soon 371 still 356 up 339 again 322 out 317 little 311 always 307 ever 304 once 304 new 288 high 275 thus 272 few 265 yet 251 far 247 old 242 often 240 dear 236 young 234 already 226 indeed 221 no Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 234 good 117 great 108 least 104 high 97 most 27 warm 26 dear 23 slight 21 early 19 noble 19 late 18 deep 16 MOST 15 happy 10 young 8 strong 8 small 8 bad 7 pure 7 near 7 full 7 fine 6 true 6 Most 5 gross 5 fair 5 eld 5 bright 4 sure 4 sincere 4 rich 4 rare 4 new 4 manif 4 dark 3 thick 3 sweet 3 safe 3 proud 3 plain 3 loud 3 lofty 3 hard 2 wise 2 sublime 2 simple 2 short 2 quick 2 low 2 lovely Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 528 most 19 well 19 least 3 goethe 2 lookest 1 latest 1 hard Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 www.gutenberg.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/8/1/3/18138/18138-h/18138-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/8/1/3/18138/18138-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/1/4/15141/15141-h/15141-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/1/4/15141/15141-h.zip Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 beethoven did not 13 beethoven was not 5 _ see _ 5 _ see also 4 beethoven was greatly 4 beethoven was most 4 beethoven was so 3 beethoven was always 3 beethoven was very 3 composer was not 3 master did not 3 one is dead 3 time is too 2 _ has not 2 _ is not 2 art is imperishable 2 art is not 2 beethoven became deaf 2 beethoven brought out 2 beethoven had already 2 beethoven had always 2 beethoven had not 2 beethoven had publicly 2 beethoven was accordingly 2 beethoven was almost 2 beethoven was also 2 beethoven was more 2 beethoven was now 2 beethoven was quite 2 beethoven was still 2 beethoven was susceptible 2 friends have not 2 life is so 2 life was not 2 man writes only 2 men have not 2 music does not 2 music was not 2 one has only 2 one is not 2 time was too 2 work is ready 2 work was so 2 work went on 2 work were greater 2 works were first 1 * say everything 1 * was very 1 _ are _ 1 _ are but Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 beethoven was not in 1 _ do not kindly 1 _ has not yet 1 _ have no need 1 art had not time 1 art is not less 1 beethoven did not long 1 beethoven had no need 1 beethoven had no sooner 1 beethoven had no time 1 beethoven had no wealthy 1 beethoven had not thus 1 beethoven is no more 1 beethoven made no offer 1 beethoven made no preparations 1 beethoven said no more 1 beethoven took no farther 1 beethoven took no little 1 beethoven was no match 1 beethoven was no sinecure 1 beethoven was not greatly 1 beethoven was not happy 1 beethoven was not inclined 1 beethoven was not specially 1 composer is no exception 1 composer was not at 1 composer was not superior 1 composer wrote no fewer 1 composers was not yet 1 day are no longer 1 days had not yet 1 friend has no doubt 1 friend is no longer 1 life had no allurements 1 men have not as 1 men have not yet 1 music does not even 1 music knew no bounds 1 music was not then 1 music was not universally 1 one having no affinity 1 one is not aware 1 symphony has not so 1 time being no other 1 work is not likely 1 world has no more A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 27502 author = Ball, Thomas Hanly title = Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864 date = keywords = Beethoven; Chandos; Duke; England; Handel; Messiah; Mr.; great; man; music; time summary = Before I say of that great composer and extraordinary man whose life I great influence over the mind of a man who considered musicians Piccadilly, the music had been composed by Handel. Anthems of Mr. Handel, to the great pleasure of the company, and amidst For a long time Handel had been wished for in Ireland. Handel was then fifty-six years old! performed at the Music Hall, in Fishamble-street, Mr. Handel''s new grand grand Oratorio, the Messiah, was performed in the New Music Hall, in A few days after the performance of the Messiah, Handel waited on Lord Music by Handel._ Yes: this was a man who had done honour to music as much by the nobility "The effect of music on a man should be to strike fire from his soul." this great work, and of which Beethoven many years afterwards still Beethoven, like most great men, had many peculiarities. id = 13065 author = Beethoven, Ludwig van title = Beethoven''s Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 date = keywords = Archduke; Beethoven; Carl; Count; Herr; Kinsky; LUDWIG; London; Prince; Rudolph; Sonata; Symphony; VAN; Vienna; Y.R.H.; Zmeskall; dear; footnote summary = in my place, and then I shall hope to receive your forgiveness for my long settle here, I don''t doubt I shall be able to secure a particular day every friends having received no letters from me for years. I read your letter, dear brother and friend, with much pleasure, and I friend, pray lose no time in bringing the work before the notice of the letter from you, and, I hope, the works likewise, which I wish to see [Footnote 3: Beethoven did not at that time know in what year he was born. it is too late to-day for a written agreement on the subject, but one shall mean time I send you my best wishes, and beg you will believe in the The works are being copied, and you shall have them as soon as possible. In the mean time I hope soon to be able to present myself id = 13272 author = Beethoven, Ludwig van title = Beethoven''s Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 date = keywords = Archduke; Beethoven; Carl; Court; DEAR; Dr.; God; Herr; London; Mass; NEPHEW; Prince; Rudolph; Schindler; Society; Vienna; Y.R.H.; footnote; music summary = brother Schindler once got from Beethoven on a New Year''s day.] [Footnote 1: Carl Czerny relates in the Vienna _A.M. Zeitung_ of 1845, No. 113, as follows:--"Beethoven came to me usually every day himself with the I send you my very best wishes, and I beg especially to thank Frau A.Z. for letter (which he presented some years ago to Cocks, the London music "Friends to Music" who commissioned Beethoven to write an Oratorio in 1815. received a letter from my friend Prince Nicolaus Gallizin a few days ago, be delivered at any time to Herr Glöggl [music publisher in Vienna]. Have the goodness to send me the Rochlitz article on the Beethoven works, Albrechtsberger, the popular theorist and composer, Kapellmeister at St. Stephen''s in Vienna, for some time, about the year 1795, Beethoven''s much admired by Beethoven, and several times set to music by him. id = 59672 author = Byron, May title = A Day with Ludwig Beethoven date = keywords = Adélaide; Beethoven; Neate; man; music; work summary = set to work to compose music. the life of Beethoven, one of the Master''s own wonderful compositions really lofty heart of the great composer as he sat indefatigably at the great B flat Sonata (Op. 106) which, like all his latter work, is Beethoven was primarily and permanently a composer of sonatas; for of the inner world of harmony at work within his brain," said Bettine Beethoven''s greatest works, as years went on, were "conceived, beseech the great Beethoven to receive him as a pupil for the piano. Beethoven was to-day in a genial and expansive frame of mind. natural beauty before his eyes, and that it enabled him to work. own early days; when, always working very hard, either as a performer than that which thou findest in thyself--thy art!" (_Beethoven''s one thing I ask of Thee, my God--not to cease Thy work in my id = 15141 author = Fischer, George Alexander title = Beethoven, a character study Together with Wagner''s indebtedness to Beethoven date = keywords = Bach; Beethoven; Bonn; Breuning; Count; Goethe; Haydn; Johann; Karl; Lichnowsky; Mass; Mozart; Napoleon; Prince; Schindler; Symphony; Vienna; Wagner; great; life; music; time; work; year summary = Beethoven were not in accord on the subject of musical composition, each Beethoven''s work however, shows intellectuality of the highest kind, and This Symphony was the best work which Beethoven had yet accomplished; a The year 1805 saw Beethoven hard at work in a field new to It is evident that Beethoven enjoyed working on the Mass, and was quite Another great work which was completed about this time was the Symphony Next in the order of Beethoven''s great works comes the Pastoral Beethoven''s music was frequently performed at Goethe''s house for the last ten years of his life says in relation to Beethoven''s love The year 1823 in which Beethoven practically completed his life-work Here is a work so interwoven into Beethoven''s very life and spirit, that The Beethoven biography was Thayer''s life-work, to which he The music consisted of two equali composed by Beethoven many years Haydn and Beethoven, life-work of, 20. id = 37996 author = Graeme, Elliott title = Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) date = keywords = Beethoven; Bonn; Breuning; Count; Elector; Footnote; Goethe; Haydn; Johann; Lichnowski; Ludwig; Mozart; Prince; Ries; Sonata; Variations; Vienna; major; theme; time summary = Studies in Counterpoint--What did Beethoven compose in Bonn?--Why have We know that Beethoven proceeded as a young man to Vienna, which he Beethoven made his way in the year 1732, with a light heart and still Ludwig van Beethoven the elder was no composer, and in those days the discernment, as the great composer was at that time comparatively little Beethoven at the time being nearly thirteen--not _eleven_ years of age (the friend and biographer of Beethoven, at that time a medical student About this time also Beethoven gained another friend, Count Waldstein, a Beethoven, and his faith in the young composer''s genius:-wrote to Bonn, "I must now give up all great works to him [Beethoven], Beethoven had no time for the _petits-soins_ of life, his thoughts were "where," says Ferdinand Ries, "Beethoven played for the first time[15] [Footnote 29: Beethoven was at the time in his thirty-second year; but id = 18138 author = Kobbé, Gustav title = The Loves of Great Composers date = keywords = Beethoven; Chopin; Clara; Cosima; Countess; Cécile; Felix; Liszt; Mozart; Princess; Schumann; Wagner summary = letters sent wife and son on their way to Paris, and the elder Mozart Some years after the composer''s death, Countess Therese death cherished the great composer in her heart; and of her love for Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Liszt, who knew Chopin, tells us that the composer evinced a decided meeting with the nine-year-old girl decided him--so early in her life The years which Liszt passed with the Princess at the Altenburg, and when Not so, however, Liszt or Wagner, for not since the time of years later, at another crisis in Wagner''s life, another being came to Cosima was not Wagner''s first love, nor even his first wife. seated, and Liszt, Frau Cosima and Siegfried Wagner were in their places one great woman, the daughter of Liszt and the wife of Wagner; and the What Cosima was to Wagner is best told in Liszt''s words, written to a id = 39093 author = Schindler, Anton title = Life of Beethoven Including his correspondence with his friends, numerous characteristic traits, and remarks on his musical works date = keywords = Archduke; Beethoven; Bonn; Breuning; Count; Dr.; England; Fidelio; God; Göthe; Haydn; Lichnowsky; London; Maelzel; March; Mass; Mozart; Mr.; Opera; Philharmonic; Prince; Ries; Society; Sonata; Symphony; Vienna; Wegeler; friend; illustration; letter; time; work summary = musical meetings Beethoven''s works first made their way to public one day met Beethoven, when he was coming with his roll of music under Lichnowsky''s musical parties that almost all Beethoven''s works were General View of the Second Period of Beethoven''s Life--Composition both these great works, and of which Beethoven many years afterwards mean time Beethoven wrote several Sonatas and Quartetts, which were time before Beethoven recovered from the shock, and permitted this work Beethoven''s warmest friends at that time, and who, like the two just of Beethoven''s works probably conferred a benefit on musical art. To perform Beethoven''s music, without regard to meaning Let Beethoven''s piano-forte works be played according to the new time in the performance, under his direction, of Beethoven''s works at If Beethoven did not direct the performance of his instrumental music in At the time of sending off these Sonatas, Beethoven lived id = 34737 author = Tapper, Thomas title = Beethoven : The story of a little boy who was forced to practice date = keywords = Beethoven; illustration summary = This series of the Child''s Own Book of Great Musicians includes at Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the lovely town of Bonn, on the River Ludwig was only four years old when he began to study music. Beethoven''s father, punish the little boy severely to keep him at his had the great Beethoven when he was a child. funny old organ in the Minorite Church of Bonn upon which Beethoven little boy ten years of age was taken by his father to visit Beethoven. Like every other human being, Beethoven loved music in just this way. BEETHOVEN PLAYING FOR HIS FRIENDS] Read these facts about Ludwig van Beethoven and try to write his story 1. The composer''s full name was Ludwig van Beethoven. 8. Even as a little boy he composed music. What composer, as a little boy, went to see Beethoven? Name some of the forms of music which Beethoven composed.