Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION ix
4. PREFACE TO THE HUNGARIAN EDITION (1986) The Three Questions xi
5. One GILBERT AMY (1936) 1
6. Two MILTON BABBITT (1916) 4
7. Three SÁNDOR BALASSA (1935) 7
8. Four LUCIANO BERIO (1925–2003) 12
9. Five SIR HARRISON BIRTWISTLE (1934) 16
10. Six PIERRE BOULEZ (1925) 21
11. Seven ATTILA BOZAY (1939–99) 26
12. Eight EARLE BROWN (1926–2002) 33
13. Nine SYLVANO BUSSOTTI (1931) 38
14. Ten JOHN CAGE (1912–92) 40
15. Eleven ELLIOTT CARTER (1908) 42
16. Twelve FRIEDRICH CERHA (1926) 45
17. Thirteen GEORGE CRUMB (1929) 49
18. Fourteen SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES (1934) 54
19. Fifteen EDISON DENISOV (1929–96) 59
20. Sixteen HENRI DUTILLEUX (1916) 63
21. Seventeen PETER EOTVOS (1944) 69
22. Eighteen MORTON FELDMAN (1926–87) 76
23. Nineteen LUKAS FOSS (1922–2009) 90
24. Twenty ALBERTO GINASTERA (1916–83) 94
25. Twenty-Two SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931) 98
26. Twenty-Three GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS (1953) 101
27. Twenty-Four HANS WERNER HENZE (1926) 107
28. Twenty-Five KLAUS HUBER (1924) 108
29. Twenty-Six ZOLTÁN JENEY (1943) 115
30. Twenty-Seven MAURICIO KAGEL (1931–2008) 121
31. Twenty-Eight GEORG KATZER (1935) 126
32. Twenty-Nine ERNST KRENEK (1900–1991) 131
33. Thirty LADISLAV KUPKOVIC (1936) 133
34. Thirty-One GYÖRGY KURTÁG (1926) 136
35. Thirty-Two HELMUT LACHENMANN (1935) 146
36. Thirty-Three GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923–2006) 154
37. Thirty-Four WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913–94) 159
38. Thirty-Five FRANÇOIS-BERNARD MÂCHE (1935) 167
39. Thirty-Six MICHIO MAMIYA (1929) 170
40. Thirty-Seven GIACOMO MANZONI (1932) 172
41. Thirty-Eight PAUL MÉFANO (1937) 174
42. Thirty-Nine ANDRÁS MIHÁLY (1917–93) 177
43. Forty TRISTAN MURAIL (1947) 182
44. Forty-One MARLOS NOBRE (1939) 185
45. Forty-Two LUIGI NONO (1924–90) 188
46. Forty-Three KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (1933) 191
47. Forty-Four GOFFREDO PETRASSI (1904–2003) 196
48. Forty-Five EMIL PETROVICS (1930) 200
49. Forty-Six HENRI POUSSEUR (1929–2009) 205
50. Forty-Seven STEVE REICH (1936) 207
51. Forty-Eight WOLFGANG RIHM (1952) 210
52. Forty-Nine PETER RUZICKA (1948) 214
53. Fifty LÁSZLÓ SÁRY (1940) 216
54. Fifty-One PIERRE SCHAEFFER (1910–95) 219
55. Fifty-Two DIETER SCHNEBEL (1930) 223
56. Fifty-Three ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934–98) 225
57. Fifty-Four GUNTHER SCHULLER (1925) 228
58. Fifty-Five JOHANNES MARIA STAUD (1974) 236
59. Fifty-Six KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (1928–2007) 240
60. Fifty-Seven ANDRÁS SZŐLLŐSY (1921–2007) 246
61. Fifty-Eight TŌRU TAKEMITSU (1930–96) 251
62. Fifty-Nine DIMITRI TERZAKIS (1938) 253
63. Sixty SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT (1905–98) 256
64. Sixty-One LÁSZLÓ VIDOVSZKY (1944) 259
65. Sixty-Two WLADIMIR VOGEL (1896–1984) 263
66. Sixty-Three GERHARD WIMBERGER (1923) 266
67. Sixty-Four CHRISTIAN WOLFF (1934) 269
68. Sixty-Five IANNIS XENAKIS (1922–2001) 273
69. ENCORE 283
70. INDEX 326