Beethoven and the construction of genius: musical politics in Vienna, 1792-1803

1. Beethoven and social identity

2. Emergence of serious music culture, 1784-1805

3. Musical patronage and social change

4. Beethoven's social resources

5. "From Haydn's hands": narrative constructions of Beethoven's talent and future success

6. Beethoven in the salons

7. Beethoven-Wölffl piano duel: aesthetic debates and social boundaries

8. Beethoven's early aesthetic campaigns

9. Beethoven and the resources of cultural authority.