I would also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the friends I have met along this journey.

To Dominique Prévot, a dear friend and selfless Beethoven enthusiast, who generously shared his passion with me. Without him, this site would never have come into existence. It was he who encouraged me to embark on an adventure that, at first, I did not even embrace. For this, for his exquisite kindness, his savoir faire, his moving generosity, and for countless other gestures I cannot enumerate—for all of which I lack the words—a single phrase must suffice: thank you for everything, Dominique!

To Michael Ladenburger, Director of the Beethoven-Haus Museum in Bonn, who honored me by allowing me to repair Beethoven’s clock and welcomed me into his home as a brotherly friend.

To Hideaki Shichida, Japanese composer devoted to studies on the Tenth Symphony; André Napier, Daniele Scarpetti, Avishai Kallai, Luigi Della Croce, Bernard Fournier, Jean-Louis Barrionuevo, Enzo Melillo—who dedicated to me in his book words far too kind that I do not deserve—Warren Pepperdine, the late Giorgio Taboga, Roberto Tazzieri, Albina Marcone, the Bridge Trio, Michele Trenti, Marco Pescetto, who shared with me and Luigi Bellofatto a splendid adventure in Bonn, the sadly disbanded Quartetto Arconauti, Vincenzo Tedesco, and the young musicians of the Anton Eberl String Quartet.

A special thanks to J. S. Allen, who meticulously searched for errors and omissions on every page and to Luca Ravizza, who helps us translate the site.