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Contents: Introduction; Complete bibliography; Part 1 Historiography, History, Methodology: The Dahlhaus project and its extra-musicological sources; Beethoven reception: the symphonic tradition; Some grounding principles of sonata theory. Part 2 Italian Operwa: Ottocento opera as cultural drama: generic mixtures in Il Trovatore; Staging Verdi's operas: the single 'correct' performance; Operatic stagings: positions and paradoxes: a reply to David J. Levin; Structure, implication and the end of Suor Angelica; Un bel dì? Vedremo! Anatomy of a delusion. Part 3 Structure and Content: Shorter Essays: Formulaic openings in Debussy; Culture clash; Masculine/feminine; Temps perdu. Part 4 Symphonic Readings: Fiery-pulsed libertine or domestic hero? Strauss's Don Juan reinvestigated; Framing Till Eulenspiegel; Gaudery, romance and the 'Welsh' tune: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47; Index.