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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
LIST OF COLOUR PLATES
MAP OF PRESENT-DAY EUROPE SHOWING COMPOSERS’ BIRTHPLACES
MAP OF MID-19TH-CENTURY ITALY
MAP OF SAXONY AND CENTRAL GERMANY
PREFACE
PRELUDE
1. HANDEL (1685–1759)
2. BACH (1685–1750)
3. HAYDN (1732–1809)
4. MOZART (1756–91)
5. BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
6. SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
7. ROSSINI (1792–1868)
8. MEYERBEER, BELLINI AND DONIZETTI
9. BERLIOZ (1803–69)
10. MENDELSSOHN (1809–47)
11. CHOPIN (1810–49)
12. SCHUMANN (1810–56)
13. LISZT (1811–86)
14. WAGNER (1813–83)
15. OFFENBACH AND JOHANN STRAUSS
16. VERDI (1813–1901)
17. BRAHMS (1833–97)
18. BIZET (1838–75)
19. LATE-19TH-CENTURY FRANCE: FRANCK, SAINT- SAËNS AND FAURÉ
20. RUSSIAN COMPOSERS: GLINKA AND THE FIVE
21. TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–93)
22. CENTRAL-EUROPEAN NATIONALISTS: SMETANA, DVORÁK, JANÁCEK, BARTÓK
23. SCANDINAVIAN NATIONALISTS: GRIEG AND SIBELIUS
24. MAHLER (1860–1911)
25. RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
26. DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
27. PUCCINI (1858–1924)
28. THE RUSSIAN SEQUEL
29. ENGLAND: ELGAR, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS AND BRITTEN
POSTLUDE
NOTES
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
NOTE ON MONEY, DATES AND NAMES
BOURBON FAMILY TREE
HABSBURG FAMILY TREE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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