The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven

Contents

• Part I . A Professional Portrait:
• 1. Biographical considerations and chronology Glenn Stanley;
• 2. Beethoven at work, musical activist and thinker Glenn Stanley;
• 3. The compositional act: sketches and autographs Barry Cooper;
• Part II . Style and Structure:
• 4. 'The spirit of Mozart from Haydn's hands': Beethoven's musical inheritance Elaine Sisman;
• 5. Phrase, period, theme Roger Kamien;
• 6. 'The sense of an ending': goal-directedness in Beethoven's music Nicholas Marston;
• Part III . Genres:
• 7. The piano music: concertos, sonatas, variations, small forms William Kinderman;
• 8. Beethoven's chamber music with piano: seeking unity in mixed sonorities Mark Kaplan;
• 9. Manner, tone, and tendency in Beethoven's chamber music for strings John Daverio;
• 10. Sound and structure in Beethoven's orchestral music Leon Botstein;
• 11. Beethoven's songs and vocal style Amanda Glauert;
• 12. Beethoven's essay in opera: historical, text-critical, and interpretative issues in Fidelio Michael Tusa;
• 13. Beethoven's sacred and liturgical compositions: songs, oratorio, masses Birgit Lodes;
• Part IV . Reception:
• 14. 'With a Beethoven-like sublimity': Beethoven in the works of other composers Margaret Notley;
• 15. Beethoven's music in performance: historical perspectives Alain Frogley;
• 16. The four ages of Beethoven: musicians (and a few others) on Beethoven Scott Burnham;
• 17. Beethoven at large: reception in literature, the arts, philosophy, and politics David Dennis.