Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. I A Tale of Two Cities: Bonn to Vienna 1
5. II The Sublime and Inverted Sublime 33
6. III Beethoven in Heiligenstadt 62
7. IV Path to the Eroica 84
8. V Leonore as “Angel of Freedom” 110
9. VI From Grätz to Wagram and Leipzig 140
10. VII A Double Chill: Beethoven in Metternich’s Vienna 167
11. VIII Then and Now: The Ninth Symphony 195
12. Acknowledgments 222
13. Illustrations and Examples 223
14. Note about Abbreviations 226
15. Sources and Documents 227
16. Index 249