Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: FROM ''RESCUE FROM THE CHAINS OF TYRANTS'' TO ''ALL MEN BECOME BROTHERS'':THE WORLD OF THE NINTH -- CHAPTER 2: THE GENESIS OF THE NINTH -- CHAPTER 3: THE NINTH: MOVEMENTS I-III -- CHAPTER 4: THE NINTH: THE CHORAL FINALE -- CHAPTER 5: THE PERFORMANCES OF 1824 -- CHAPTER 6: IN THE SHADOW OF THE NINTH -- CHAPTER 7: PERFORMANCE TRADITIONS -- Nine Ninths: A Select Discography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.