Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. CONTENTS xix
4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xxi
5. BIBLIOGRAPHY xxiii
6. VOLUME I
7. From the crayon drawing by Stephan Decker (1824) 1
8. Chapter 1. The Electoral Court at Bonn 3
9. Chapter 2. The Beethoven Family 41
10. Chapter 3. Beethoven's Birth and Childhood, 1770-1784 53
11. Chapter 4. Elector Max Franz and his Court—The Von Breuning Family—The Years 1784 to 1786 73
12. Chapter 5. The Years 1787 to 1788—The Operatic Seasons from 1789 to 1792 86
13. Chapter 6. The Years 1789 to 1792—The Move to Vienna 100
14. Chapter 7. The Compositions Written at Bonn, 1786-1792 118
15. Chapter 8. Beethoven's Teachers in Vienna—Viennese Composers and Society 134
16. Chapter 9. The Years 1793 to 1795 160
17. Chapter 10. The Years 1796 and 1797 180
18. Chapter 11. The Years 1798 and 1799 203
19. Chapter 12. Beethoven's Friends and Fellow Musicians—The Brunsvik Family—Character Traits—Sketchbooks— Possible Origin of Deafness 219
20. Chapter 13. The Year 1800 254
21. Chapter 14. The Year 1801. Correspondence with Publishers- Early Criticisms of Beethoven's Music—Letters to Amenda and Wegeler Corfcerning Deafness —Ferdinand Ries 268
22. Chapter 15. The Year 1802. The Heiligenstadt Testament—Beethoven's Brothers—Correspondence with Publishers 300
23. Chapter 16. The Year 1803. The Court Theatre—Work on the "Eroica" Symphony 324
24. Chapter 17. The Year 1804. Beginning of Work on "Leonore"— The "Eroica" Privately Performed—Beethoven and Breuning—Friendship with Countess Deym 344
25. Chapter 18. The Year 1805. Public Performance of the "Eroica"— Countess Josephine Deym—"Leonore" Completed and Performed 363
26. Chapter 19. The Year 1806. The Revision of "Leonore"—The Razumovsky Quartets—The Fourth Symphony 393
27. Chapter 20. The Year 1807. Work on the Fifth Symphony—The Mass in C 412
28. Chapter 21. The Year 1808. Completion of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies—The Concert of December 22nd 430
29. Chapter 22. The Year 1809. The Annuity Contract—The Siege of Vienna—Piano Concerto No. 5 453
30. Chapter 23. The Year 1810. Decrease in Productivity—Therese Malfatti—Bettina Brentano 480
31. Chapter 24. The Year 1811. Bettina, Beethoven and Goethe—A Sojourn in Teplitz—Sketches for New Symphonies 504
32. Chapter 25. The Year 1812. The Austrian Finanz-Patent—Second Sojourn at Teplitz—Letters to the Immortal Beloved 522
33. Chapter 26. The Year 1813. Financial Difficulties—Suspension of Payments—Concerts at Graz—Malzel and "Wellington's Victory"—Concerts of December 8 and 12 549
34. Chapter 27. The Year 1814. Quarrel with Malzel—The Revision of "Fidelio"—The Vienna Congress 569