General Introduction to the English Edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. General Introduction to the English Edition ix
4. Acknowledgements xxiii
5. Reader’s Guide xxvi
6. Directionality in Vienna (True and Perceived) xxxviii
7. Heft 1 (ca. February 26, 1818 – after March 2, 1818) 1
8. Heft 2 (March 17, 1819 – after May 15/16, 1819) 11
9. Heft 3 (November 20, 1819 – ca. December 6, 1819) 67
10. Heft 4 (December 7, 1819 – December 12, 1819) 107
11. Heft 5 (December 13, 1819 – December 30, 1819) 129
12. Heft 6 (ca. January 7, 1820 – January 26, 1820) 175
13. Heft 7 (ca. January 27, 1820 – February 22, 1820) 225
14. Heft 8 (ca. February 22, 1820 – ca. March 11, 1820) 277
15. Appendix Descriptions of the Conversation Books in Volume 1 329
16. Bibliography 331
17. Index of Writers of Conversational Entries 347
18. Index of Beethoven’s Compositions 349
19. General Index 352