Beethoven and the Voice of God

New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Several ink markings in index. Pages are otherwise clean.). Light blue boards with gilt spine lettering; light blue dj with red illustration, red and black lettering; mylar cover; viii, 453 pp; music. Contents: Prelude. Beethoven, God, and enlightenment -- Young Promethius : piano Sonatas opus 2 no. 1 in F minor, opus 2 no. 2 in A major, opus 10 no. 3 in D major, opus 13 in C minor (Pathetique) -- Comedy and catastrophe : piano sonatas opus 22 in B flat major, opus 27 no. 2 in C sharp minor (Moonlight) -- Maelstrom and cornucopia : piano sonatas opus 57 in F minor (Appassionata), opus 53 in C major (Waldstein).
The hidden song. Eros, Dionysus, and romanticism : piano sonatas opus 90 in E minor and major, opus 101 in A major -- The tyger and the forge : Hammerklavier sonata opus 106 in B flat major -- Scapegoat and fool : piano sonatas opus 109 in E major, opus 110 in A flat major -- The water and the fire : piano sonata opus 111 in c major -- Coda : the golden rose : Beethoven, Blake, and 'paradise' -- A summery of the late piano sonatas.
The strong thief : a study of the Missa solemnis. Kyrie ; the invisible church ; Gloria : the joyous wrath of God ; Credo : Christ-Osiris and the hanged man ; Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei : Persephone restored, 'a prayer for inner and outer peace' -- Postlude. The world in a grain of sand : Diabelli variations for piano opus 120 ; A joy as it flies : bagatelles and Kleinigkei.