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Tables of Contents for Beethoven
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the First Edition
ix
Introduction to the Revised Edition
xv
Acknowledgments
xx
I. BONN
Family Background
3
18
Childhood
21
12
The Second Decade
33
14
Last Years in Bonn: Enlightenment
47
16
The Music
63
14
II. VIENNA: EARLY YEARS
A Pianist and His Patrons
77
12
Haydn
89
16
Portrait of a Young Composer
105
16
Vienna: City of Dreams
121
6
The Music
127
18
III. THE HEROIC PERIOD
Crisis and Creativity
145
18
The Heroic Decade (I)
163
10
Bonaparte: The Crisis of Belief
173
14
The Heroic Decade (II)
187
20
The Immortal Beloved
207
40
The Music
247
34
IV. THE FINAL PHASE
The Dissolution of the Heroic Style
281
16
Beethoven and His Nephew
297
34
Portrait of an Aging Composer
331
12
Reconstruction
343
16
The ``Return'' to Bonn
359
26
The Music
385
42
Abbreviations
427
4
Notes
431
55
Selected Bibliography
486
33
Index of Compositions
519
8
Index
527