• Contents
  
  
• Part One
  • Thinking about Composers
    • 4. A Photograph of Brahms
      
      
• Part Two
  • Concert Hall Essays (1973-78)
    • 11. Entering the Last Style (Debussy's Jeux)
  • Chamber Music Essays (1991-93)
    • 6. 255 Combinations (Mendelssohn's Octet)
      
      
• Part Three
  • Reviews for the Times Literary Supplement (1999-2006)
    • 7. Gustav Mahler to Alma
      
      
• Index

see also:

• introduction
• publication details and contents
• excerpts from the book