1. Son of immigrants (1797-1808)
2. Schooldays (1808-1813)
3. Student and schoolteacher (1814-1816)
4. Opportunities (1817-1819)
5. La Dolce Vita (1820-1822)
7. Fight against illness (1823-1824)
8. An expanding world (1825-1826, Part I)
9. Friends, publishers, the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (1825-1826, Part II)
10. Gloom and creativity (1827)
11. Success and sickness (1828)
13. Burial and memorials.