The Creative World of Beethoven

After the editors introduction, devoted to an overall view of Beethovens significance, there are essays by Joseph Kerman and Boris Schwarz concerning the composers sketches. Alan Tyson discusses the oratorio Christus am Oelberge; Philip Downes, the Eroica Symphony; F. E. Kirby, the Pastoral Symphony; Warren Kirkendale, the Missa Solemnis; and Myron Schwager, and arrangement of the Septet. Lewis Lockwood explores the question of the unfinished piano concerto of 1815; Alfred Mann takes up Beethovens counterpoint studies with Haydn, and Alexander Ringer discusses Beethoven and the London Pianoforte School. Other topics include "Beethoven and Romantic Irony," by Rey M. Longyear; "Beethovens Birth Year," by Maynard Solomon; "On Beethovens Thematic Structure," by Dénes Bartha; and Edward T. Cone examines a striking instance of Beethovens influence on Schubert.