CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Sinfonia

Movement One. Il Prete Rosso

Chapter 1. The Maestro

Chapter 2. Allegro

Chapter 3. Appassionata

Chapter 4. The Cross I Bear

Chapter 5. Spellbound

Chapter 6. Modulation

Chapter 7. Deceptive Cadence

Chapter 8. Improvisation

Chapter 9. Dissonance

Movement Two. The Point of No Return

Chapter 10. Without Fear

Chapter 11. End of the Dream

Chapter 12. Mea Culpa

Chapter 13. Adagio

Chapter 14. What Have You Done

Chapter 15. Largo

Chapter 16. L’Estro Armonica

Chapter 17. Partita

Chapter 18. Se Tu M’ami

Chapter 19. Opera and Concerto

Chapter 20. Scarlet

Chapter 21. Curtain

Chapter 22. Serenade

Chapter 23. Crossing the River Styx

Movement Three. Orfeo e Euridice

Chapter 24. Secrets

Chapter 25. Masquerade

Chapter 26. Rest

Chapter 27. Shadows

Chapter 28. Dying in Your Arms

Chapter 29. Counterpoint

Chapter 30. Composition

Chapter 31. The Siren

Chapter 32. Wild Rose

Movement Four. The End of Time

Chapter 33. The Child

Chapter 34. Orchestration

Chapter 35. Going Under

Chapter 36. Molto Agitato

Chapter 37. Stand My Ground

Chapter 38. Lost

Chapter 39. Nothing Left

Chapter 40. Good-bye

Movement Five. Without You

Chapter 41. My Heart Is Broken

Chapter 42. Sins

Chapter 43. Chains

Chapter 44. The Greatest Pain

Chapter 45. Darkness Before the Dawn

Chapter 46. Recapitulation

Chapter 47. B Minor

Chapter 48. Intermezzo

Chapter 49. Performance

Chapter 50. Long-Lost Love

Chapter 51. For You

Chapter 52. Consonance

Chapter 53. Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Chapter 54. Lullaby

Movement Six. Key Change

Chapter 55. Impromptu

Chapter 56. Sol da Te, Mio Dolce Amore

Chapter 57. Duet

Chapter 58. Harmonies

Chapter 59. Resonance

Chapter 60. The Dance

Chapter 61. Ave Maria, Gratia Plena

Chapter 62. Ensemble

Chapter 63. The Four Seasons

Chapter 64. Widow’s Weeds

Chapter 65. Ways to Sing of Love

Movement Seven. The Red Priest’s Annina

Chapter 66. Orlando Furioso

Chapter 67. Così Potessi Anch’io

Chapter 68. Forgiven

Chapter 69. Ritornello

Chapter 70. My Confession

Chapter 71. Da Capo

Coda. On the Other Side

Historical Note

Acknowledgments

Reading Group Guide

About the Author

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