'The index provides the unifying glue and a belvedere from which to reach into the entrails of this very diverse assemblage of Beethoven scholarship that rotates like satellites around the central reference point that is Manchester.'
Rob Barnett, Music Web International

Barry Cooper is Professor of Music at the University of Manchester
Matthew Pilcher is Lecturer in Music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Introduction – Barry Cooper and Matthew Pilcher
1 Beethoven’s indebtedness to his teacher Christian Gottlob Neefe: a comparison of their Variations on Themes by
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Kris Worsley
2 Beethoven’s Erste Liebe, Himmelslust, WoO 92: sources, languages, text-setting – Matthew Pilcher
3 Situating Beethoven’s chamber music with wind: genre, topic and transcription – Martin Harlow
4 Beethoven’s variation sets and the role of the slow variation – Artur Pereira
5 A hermeneutic approach to word cues in the score of Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 in G major for pianoforte and orchestra, Op. 58 – Sara Eckerson
6 Born under a gloomy star: new perspectives on Beethoven’s String Quintet Op. 104 – Jos van der Zanden
7 Transcending slowness in Beethoven’s late style – Marten Noorduin
8 Beethoven’s faith and beliefs in the context of his age: some unexplored avenues and reassessments, with special reference to Sailer – Susan Cooper
9 Beethoven’s view of Scotland – Barry Cooper
10 Charles Hallé: a Beethoven champion in Manchester – Siân Derry
Index