List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction The performer-analyst Music
revealed in time 1. The Op. 12 Sonatas: Humour and Innovation Sonata in D,
Op. 12 No. 1. Allegro Performing an analysis 'Final' presentation of
reading Op. 12 No. 1, variations Op. 12 No. 1, finale Sonata in E¿, Op. 12
No. 3. A piano concerto in the making Adagio con molta espressione Allegro
molto 2. A Case study in the comic: Sonata in A, Op. 12 No. 2 Meaning and
authenticity A laughing Beethoven? Is wit comedy? Is comedy funny? Notions
of humour and comedy The contemporary pianist-comedian The comic within Op.
12 No. 2 Mapping the 'material' trace A final reading of the opening
Allegro Vivace from Beethoven's Op. 12 No. 2 Opera Buffa and the Andante
from Op. 12 No. 2 3. Separated at Birth. Sibling Sonatas: Opp. 23 and 24
Op. 23: The Black Sheep of the Family Beethoven, 'the most virile of all
musicians' 'Gender Trouble' in Op. 23 Op. 23, Allegro Molto. An anti-finale
Opp. 23 and 24: A single opus? Coda 4. Man and artist. The Op. 30 Sonatas
1802: Anxiety and the Heiligenstadt Testament Disability in music 'Middle
period' Beethoven Sonata in A Major, Op. 30 No. 1. Late music from a young
man A Narrative of disability lived The Original finale: Disability
overcome Sonata in C Minor, Op. 30 No. 2. Revolutionary fever and despair
Sonata in G, Op. 30 No. 3. Visionary escapism 5. Sonata in A (Minor?), Op.
47 A hybrid sonata In the style of a concerto? Presto. Brilliance and
bravado 'The commonplace variations' 6. Sonata in G, Op. 96. Fantasy and
arabesque Divining the messages within the score Pierre Rode, Archduke
Rudolph and the Immortal Beloved Signs, games and messages A correspondence
through the score A poet's love Romanticism, Schlegel and the arabesque The
allure of late style Afterword Select Bibliography

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