David B. Levy is a Professor Emeritus at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. He served as Program Director of Flow House, Wake Forest’s study abroad program in Vienna. He has written articles and reviews for several journals, including 19th Century Music, Beethoven Forum, Historical Performance, College Music Symposium, and NOTES. Levy is the author of Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony (Schirmer Books, 1995; Revised Ed., Yale U P, 2003). He gives pre-concert talks before each performance of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.