Kinsky, Prince Ferdinand Johann Nepomuk Joseph

KINSKY, Prince Ferdinand Johann Nepomuk Joseph, of Wchinitz and Tettau in Bohemia, was born in the palace belonging to the family at Vienna, December 4, 1781, and was a boy of eleven when Beethoven came thither. His father, Prince Joseph, was one of the great nobles who at that date gave musical entertainments in their palaces with full orchestra, at which the greatest singers and instrumental performers, as well as rising composers, displayed their powers. Young Kinsky had therefore the best...