Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. CHAPTER 1. The What and Why of Music 1
4. CHAPTER 2. Shadows of an Ancient Dance 8
5. CHAPTER 3. The Poet Sings 15
6. CHAPTER 4. Improvising to the Lute 20
7. CHAPTER 5. Music as Meditation 27
8. CHAPTER 6. The Eternal Sound of Gongs 33
9. CHAPTER 7. Rhythm and Community 41
10. CHAPTER 8. Spirits of the Ancestors 47
11. CHAPTER 9. Dance and Harmony 54
12. CHAPTER 10. Chanting in the Church, Singing in the Streets 61
13. CHAPTER 11. Reason It Out, Write It Down 68
14. CHAPTER 12. Old Corruption, New Thinking 76
15. CHAPTER 13. Composers Spread Their Wings 83
16. CHAPTER 14. Lutes and Keyboards 90
17. CHAPTER 15. Reforming the Church, Educating the People 96
18. CHAPTER 16. Conquest and Re-Conquest 103
19. CHAPTER 17. Sing the Words, Speak the Music 109
20. CHAPTER 18. The Appeal of Dramatic Music 115
21. CHAPTER 19. Instruments and the Rise of the Orchestra 122
22. CHAPTER 20. Star Singers and the Opera Market 129
23. CHAPTER 21. A Composer’s Life at Court and in the Church 136
24. CHAPTER 22. Enlightenment and Revolution 142
25. CHAPTER 23. African Slaves and Fashionable Europe 150
26. CHAPTER 24. Storms, on the Stage and in the Mind 156
27. CHAPTER 25. Becoming ‘Classical’ 162
28. CHAPTER 26. The Artist as Priest and Visionary 169
29. CHAPTER 27. Grand and Light, Sublime and Witty 175
30. CHAPTER 28. Women Playing at Home and Abroad 183
31. CHAPTER 29. Finding the Audience 190
32. CHAPTER 30. Longing for My Own Country 197
33. CHAPTER 31. Westernising and Modernising 205
34. CHAPTER 32. Into the Darkness 213
35. CHAPTER 33. Reaching for the Light 220
36. CHAPTER 34. From Blues and Ragtime to Jazz 227
37. CHAPTER 35. From Big Band to Bebop 234
38. CHAPTER 36. Reacting to Repression 241
39. CHAPTER 37. Just Rattle Your Jewellery 249
40. CHAPTER 38. From Protest to Pop 256
41. CHAPTER 39. Music in the ‘Global Village’ 263
42. CHAPTER 40. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 271
43. Index 279