Prince of, Royal Prussian ' Statthalter ' of the Grand Duchy of Posen (b. Wilna, June 13, 1775; d. Berlin, Apr. 7, 1833), married in 1796 the Princess Luise, sister of th a t distinguished amateur, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. Radziwill was known in Berlin not only as an ardent admirer of good music, but as a fine violoncello player, and 1 a singer of such taste and ability as is very rarely met with amongst amateurs.' 1 Beethoven was the great objcct of his admiration. He played his quartets with devotion, made a long journey to Prince Galitzin's on purpose to hear the Mass in D, was invited by Beethoven to subscribe to the publication of th a t work, and indeed was one of the seven who sent in their names in answer to th a t appeal. To him Beethoven dedicated the overture in C, op. 115 (known as ' Namensfeier '), which was published as ' Grosses Ouverture in C dur gedichtet,' etc., by Steiner of Vienna in 1825. Radziwill was not only a player, a singer and a passionate lover of music, he was also a composer of no mean order. Whistling's Handbuch (1828) names three Romances for voice and PF. (Peters), and songs with guitar and violoncello (b. & H.), and Mendel mentions duets with PF. accompaniment, a ' Complaint of Maria Stuart,' with PF. and violoncello, and many partsongs (still in MS.) composed for Zelter's Liedertafel, of which he was an enthusiastic supporter.2 But these were only preparations for his great work, entitled ' Compositions to Goethe's dramatic poem of Faust.' j This, which was published in score and arrangement by Trautwein of Berlin in Nov. 1835, contains twenty-five numbers, occupying 589 pages. A portion was sung by the Singakademie as early as May 1, 1810; the choruses were performed in May 1816, three new scenes as late as Nov. 21, 1830, and the whole work was brought out by th a t institution after the death of the composer. The work was repeatedly performed during several years in Berlin, Danzig, Hanover, Leipzig, Prague and many other places.* I t made its appearance in a performance a t Hvde Park College, > A .M .Z . 1831. Ju ly 27. See a h o 1809, Ju n e 28 ; 1814, Sept. 28. * Zelter's Correspondence tcith Ooethe teems with notices of the Prince. 3 See Index to A .M .Z . For an analysis of the work see A .M .Z . 1836, pp. 601, 617. London, on May 21, 1880, under the direction of L. Martin-Eiffe. ' o.