Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preliminaries -- I. Previous Hypotheses on the Subject of the Eroica -- II. The Semantics of the Term "Eroica". The Categories drama eroico, ballo eroico and danza eroica -- III. The Subject of Salvatore Viganò's Heroic Ballet "The Creatures of Prometheus" -- IV. Beethoven's Prometheus Music -- 1. The Relation of the Individual Numbers to the Scenes of the Action -- 2. The Music of the First Act -- 3. The Music of the Second Act -- Una danza eroica: "A martial scene" (No. 8) -- Una tragica scena: the Death of Prometheus (No. 9) -- Una giuocosa scena: the Resurrection of Prometheus (Pastoral No. 10) -- The numbers 11-16 -- The Solos of the Creatures (Nos. 14 and 15) -- Danze festive: the Prometheus Finale (No. 16) -- V. The Genesis of the Eroica -- VI. The Eroica in Its Relation to the Prometheus Music and Other Works -- 1. Preliminaries -- 2. Heroic Elements in the Opening Movement -- 3. Una tragica scena: the Marcia funebre -- 4. Una giuocosa scena: the Scherzo -- 5. Danze festive: das Eroica Finale ("per festiggiare il sovvenire di un grand Uomo") -- VII. The Titan Prometheus-Bonaparte as Viewed by Beethoven and His Time -- VIII. On "Characteristic" InstrumentalWorks and Scenes in Beethoven's Oeuvre -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selective Bibliography -- 1. Documents -- 2. Sketches -- 3. Ballet History -- 4. On the Ballet The Creatures of Prometheus -- 5. On Beethoven in General -- 6. Studies on the Eroica -- 7. On Prometheus and the Subject of Bonaparte -- 8. On the History of the Period -- 9. On Beethoven Reception -- 10. On the Music of the 19th Century -- 11. Recent Studies (since 1978) -- Plates -- Illustrations -- Index.