Beethoven's
Erard

Beethoven's French Piano

A Tale of Ambition and Frustration

Tom Beghin

Published by The University of Chicago Press

July 2022

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Introduction - Parallel Tales
Chapter One - Aspirations and Entanglements (→)
Vignette 1 - The Letter (by Tilman Skowroneck)
Chapter Two - The Psychology of Waiting (→)
Chapter Three - Malleability of Tone (→)
Chapter Four - The Lure of una corda (→)
Vignette 2 - Two Visitors in Paris (with Robin Blanton, Michael Pecak, and Tilman Skowroneck)
Chapter Five - The Perfect Instrument
Chapter Six - An Unlikely Competitor (→)
Chapter Seven - Continuous Sound (→)
Vignette 3 - A Gift Not a Given (with Robin Blanton)
Chapter Eight - The Vertical/Horizontal Paradox (→)
Chapter Nine - A Grand Sonata (→)
Chapter Ten - A Prize-winning Teacher (→)
Vignette 4 - Building a Replica (Chris Maene in conversation with Robin Blanton) (→)
Chapter Eleven - Revisiting the Revisions (→)
Chapter Twelve - Mixing Sound (→)
Epilogue - Time and Resonance (→)

Bonus Material

Louis Adam, Piano Method of the Conservatoire (Paris: Naderman, 1804–05), translated by Tom Beghin, with Mikayla Jensen-Large (2021) (→)

Featuring Tom Beghin, Robert Adelson, Chris Maene, Jeanne Roudet, Jacques-Oliver Boudon, and Stephan Gschwendtner.

Spoken in English, Dutch, French, and German, with English subtitles.