Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-205) and indexes.
Contents:
Beethoven's awareness of the Orpheus legend -- A unique musical form invented to reflect a dramatic narrative : The Andante con moto of the fourth piano concerto (Orpheus in Hades) -- The Orpheus legend as a unifying plan : The first movement of the fourth piano concerto (The song of Orpheus) ; An interruption, addressing the important question : Why did Beethoven not reveal and explain the Orpheus program in his fourth piano concerto? -- Music "to complete the picturesque design" (Czerny) : The finale of the fourth piano concerto (Orpheus and the Bacchantes) -- The Mähler portrait of Beethoven, ca. 1804 : Graphic evidence of Beethoven's three-part Orphic plan in his fourth piano concerto -- Conclusion and chronology of Beethoven's fourth piano concerto.
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