Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. A View from 30,000 Feet 14
5. 2. Brahms and Wagner: The Twilight of Two Gods 25
6. 3. Stravinsky and Schoenberg: Overtures to the Great War 37
7. 4. The Lure of Chaos 62
8. 5. Hitler, Wagner, and the Poison from Within 73
9. 6. Stalin and Mussolini Make Music 81
10. 7. The Miracle of a Second Exodus 95
11. 8. A New War, an Old Avant-Garde 114
12. 9. A Cold War Defines Contemporary Music 128
13. 10. Creating History and Erasing History 149
14. 11. Of War and Loss 173
15. 12. A Century Ends 180
16. Appendix: A Personal Diary 195
17. Notes 207
18. Acknowledgments 217
19. Index 219