Table of Contents

Beethoven's inheritance; Symphony No1 in C, Op21; interlude, a private despair; Symphony No2 in D, Op36; interlude, liberte, egalite, fraternite; Symphony No3 in E flat, Op55; Symphony No4 in B flat, op60; Symphony No5 in C Minor, Op67; interlude, love and nature; Symphony No6 in F major. Op68; interlude, the creative daemon; Symphony No7 in A major, Op92; Symphony No8 in F major, Op93; Symphony No9 in D minor, Op125.